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

AgricultureBY ORVILLE BOVENSCHEN

• Fixing the cannabis excise stamp is a simple, tangible step toward reducing interprovincial trade barriers.

Curing Type 1 diabetes could be Canada’s legacy

HealthBY JESSICA DINIZ, CATE MURRAY

For Canada to be ‘climate competitive’ we need to stay the course on key industrial policies

EnvironmentBY JANETTA MCKENZIE

Canada’s AI strategy must prioritize young workers

InnovationBY ALONSO MUñOZ SANCHEZ

Drone warfare is here. Canada must prepare

Defence & SecurityBY JEAN-FRANçOIS BéLANGER, ALEX WILNER

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

Defence & SecurityBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Major projects? Not without telecom

Infrastructure and TransportBY ROBERT GHIZ

Telecom and the national interest

InnovationBY ERIK BOHLIN

Support for communications infrastructure is key to Arctic development

InnovationBY PETER GARLAND, ROB MCMAHON

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Canada’s competitiveness depends on a modern digital backbone

InnovationBY ALEX GRECO

• Falling behind is no longer a matter of just losing market share; it means losing control over our own data, innovation, and security.

Can a made-in-Canada project help overcome the digital divide?

InnovationBY RAFIK GOUBRAN

It’s not ‘phoney’ to highlight the dismal state of federal finances

FinanceBY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO

Justice Minister Fraser unveils bill to tighten Canada’s bail and sentencing regimes

JusticeBY PETER MAZEREEUW

MPs, Senators need a voice on Trump’s Golden Dome

Defence & SecurityBY EDITORIAL

Stakeholders lament lack of timelines, ‘concrete’ action plans for fixing health care after ministers’ annual meeting

HealthBY TESSIE SANCI

Studies show no evidence of negative health effect of uranium processing in Port Hope: Whitlock

Natural Resources and Energy

Canada can’t afford delays in medical imaging

HealthBY ALISON HARRIS

Move fast and break things the wrong approach to AI policy

InnovationBY KEAN BIRCH

AGRICULTURE

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

Canada can lead global efforts in tackling hunger

OpinionBY ANDY HARRINGTON

Canada must keep its promises to protect animals

OpinionBY EWA DEMIANOWICZ

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Biotechnology

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

Canada at risk of collateral damage in U.S. drug pricing war

OpinionBY ANNETTE ROBINSON

U.S. tariffs on pharmaceuticals could complicate an already complex supply chain

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

From New York City: a day at a No Kings rally, and a hope for more than tepid politics

OpinionBY JIM CRESKEY

Wildlife can be full of surprises

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

In bid to grow overseas, feds can’t forget to protect the people at home

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Room for improvement in the CAF? Yeah, I’ll say

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

The Giant Mine project is yet another Liberal scandal: Conservative MP

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE MP BOB ZIMMER

Canada’s financial system needs a green upgrade

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

Canada can still get to net-zero by 2050 if we get real about what’s missing

OpinionBY SIMON LANGLOIS BERTRAND, NORMAND MOUSSEAU, JAMES MEADOWCROFT

Carney: short-term self-interest?

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

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FINANCE

International development strategy now linked to economic agenda, says SecState Sarai

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | UPDATED TODAY, 4:26 pm

Opposition parties can’t afford to call Liberals’ bluff on budget vote, say pollsters

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘There’s no industry without U.S. access’: struggling auto sector renews call for trade deal amid latest tariff woes

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Fisheries and oceans

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

Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects

OpinionBY DEREK ARMITAGE, TREVOR SWERDFAGER

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FOREIGN POLICY

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Taiwan celebrates 114

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

South Korea party draws crowd to Sir John A.

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Canada must look beyond the West: Korea and the case for strategic diversification

OpinionBY BEN CHIN

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health

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Health care and AI: a uniquely Canadian opportunity

OpinionBY MICHELLE MCLEAN

AI study and Senate bills on alcohol warnings and sickle cell disease framework on Senate Social Affairs Committee’s agenda

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Plastics and PFAS: a public health crisis Canada can no longer ignore

OpinionBY HELEN HSU

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Industry and Manufacturing

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

As Canada feels the strain of U.S. trade war, pressure heats up on innovation sector

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Feds’ new industrial strategy falls short on ambition, needs clearer objectives for defence procurement, say experts

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Skill development must be Canada’s national project

OpinionBY MARK BECKLES, CHARLES FINLAY

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infrastructure and transport

Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Building Canada’s infrastructure for resilience and sustainable development

OpinionBY JEFF RANKIN

The price tag on housing-enabling infrastructure is prolonging our housing crisis

OpinionBY OLHA SOTSKA

A critical moment for the climate emergency, and a green infrastructure deficit

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

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innovation

Canada’s forgotten telecommunication lesson from 1914

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

Reforming the CRTC for the internet era

OpinionBY PHILIP PALMER, LEN ST-AUBIN

In Carney’s Canada, AI policy has nearly no Black experts

OpinionBY SARAH BEECH

‘Significant gaps’ in government’s monitoring and response to cyberattacks, AG finds

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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intergovernmental

Is Canada an ‘illegitimate country’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Poilievre’s Trumpian language to appease some supporters risks his losing the rest of the country

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Setting the stage for Quebec’s fall election season

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Quebec’s new ‘constitution’ bill is an affront to democracy

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

Budget cuts won’t impact RCMP hiring push, says public safety minister 

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Civil liberties groups urge Liberals to withdraw ‘vague’ anti-hate bill that opposition MPs say is ‘trying to lower the bar’ for prosecution

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Bill C-3 corrects inequalities, brings Citizenship Act into compliance with the Charter

OpinionBY DON CHAPMAN

Here’s the best Canadian strategy on the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of Trump’s potentially illegal global tariffs

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

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Labour & employment

‘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

Fast, employer-aligned training is key to Canada’s economic recovery

OpinionBY MICHAEL SANGSTER

Feds need clearer focus on youth as unemployment hits 15-year high, critics say

NewsBY GRACE BESTARD

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Lobbying

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Easter Seals, CFIB lobbying feds to end Canada Post’s strike

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Hodgson, Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet ministers last month as energy, environment lead the lobby charts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Keystone XL is back from the dead, and so are the politics of pipelines

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

Carney has an obligation to better define his priorities for the Canada-U.S. relationship

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

The North: different by design, essential by nature

OpinionBY NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PREMIER R.J. SIMPSON

A crisis in search of a cause: Smith brandishes unity issue in dangerous new pipeline gambit

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

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

When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada

OpinionBY MALINDA SMITH

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics?

OpinionBY SHARI GRAYDON

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Indigenous Relations

Senators must amend Bill S-2 to stop the legislative extinction of First Nations

OpinionBY PAMELA PALMATER, SHARON MCIVOR

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

OpinionBY JOCELYN FORMSMA, TRISTAN NUGENT

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

OpinionBY IRVING GOLD

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