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

FinanceBY MIKE LAPOINTE

• As the population grows, 'you have to invest and grow the public service,' said Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Chris Aylward.

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

Military mutiny or political collapse: Ukraine is running out of options

Foreign PolicyBY GWYNNE DYER

Feds must expand pharmacare to include essential drugs for our deadliest diseases: cancer, heart conditions, and stroke

HealthBY ANDREA SEALE, DOUG ROTH

Protecting public health care has never been more important

HealthBY LIBERAL MP YASIR NAQVI

Canada is struggling and government is part of the problem

FinanceBY KEVIN LYNCH, JIM MITCHELL

‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

Foreign PolicyBY NEIL MOSS

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

Indigenous RelationsBY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

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Feds should act fast on potential judge residency rule repeal

JusticeBY EDITORIAL

• Among the 2024 federal budget’s 416-pages are a handful of commitments aimed at tackling the federal judicial appointment backlog. There are currently 65 federal

All eyes on Ottawa: the world comes together to address plastic pollution

EnvironmentBY ISABELLE DES CHêNES

Rallying against the blaze: uniting Canadians to fight climate change

EnvironmentBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, KATHLEEN ROSS

We are on the path to legal singularity

Book ReviewBY ABDI AIDID AND BENJAMIN ALARIE

Canadian Senators should not approve Bill C-282, advocates urge

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

Infrastructure and TransportBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

Feds give CBC a budget boost

FinanceBY SHEILA COPPS

Procurement watchdog to probe ‘bait and switch’ practices across departments amid ArriveCan revelations

Public Services and ProcurementBY IREM KOCA

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

Defence & SecurityBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

Canada’s military procurement: a laundry list of broken promises

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Cyber threat ‘continuously evolving,’ with autocratic states posing ‘greatest strategic cyber threat to Canada,’ Senate committee hears

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Canada’s updated defence policy muted on UN peacekeeping as historic low contributions persist  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Integrity commissioner report spotlights gross mismanagement at Corrections Canada

OpinionBY IAN BRON

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Environment

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

Sustainable development, here and now

OpinionBY PIERRE COSSETTE

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FINANCE

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

OpinionBY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER

Stop looking abroad for investment success, there is opportunity here at home

OpinionBY MARY W. ROWE, ZITA COBB

‘Overtaxed and overburdened’: cannabis industry suffocating under regulatory regime as feds take puff past excise relief in budget

NewsBY STUART BENSON

How green was this budget?

OpinionBY ELIZABETH MAY

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Fisheries and oceans

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

Catching up with Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier’s team

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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FOREIGN POLICY

Canada going ahead with Ecuador trade talks despite Mexican Embassy raid rebuke

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Trump, the John Gotti of U.S. politics

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

There’s ‘no Plexiglass between our borders’ protecting Canada from global authoritarian sentiment, ex-judge warns

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Predicting Poilievre’s foreign policy plans

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

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health

All hands on deck for the future of health care

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP SEAN CASEY

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

National surgical wait times strategy needed

OpinionBY TRISH BARBATO

Time for Poilievre to join a constructive pharmacare conversation

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

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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

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

Time to stop building infrastructure for yesterday’s climate

OpinionBY RYAN NESS

In the air or at sea: how investments in transportation ports can support a transition to net-zero goals

OpinionBY KERRY BLACK

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innovation

Correcting the record on Bell’s restructuring: BCE exec

Opinion

Should telecommunications be nationalized?

OpinionBY MARK HANCOCK

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

OpinionBY JOSIPA PETRUNIC

Driving down emissions with electric school buses

OpinionBY NDP MP LAUREL COLLINS

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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

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

Bill 21 should be quickly repealed

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

Internet freedom can co-exist with child protection

OpinionBY ANU GEORGE CANJANATHOPPIL, JOHN TANAGHO

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Labour & employment

The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Tenants’ advocates warn of landlords ‘double dipping’ into green retrofit fund without greater transparency or strings attached

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Housing the latest skirmish pitting progressive government against zombie neoliberalism

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A trading nation needs a globally engaged workforce

OpinionBY PERRIN BEATTY

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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

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

House report on preventing human trafficking met with mixed reviews

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Indigenous Relations

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

We must demand greater accountability from police

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

It’s not comedy to make money off a mass murderer

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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