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Think big: Senate Building should be turned into high-speed rail hub in 2037

Government contractsBY EDITORIAL

• The grand old Ottawa Union Station should be brought back to its original purpose and glory. Our city needs a train station downtown to

‘He comes from our side’: Writers’ Union CEO calls Solomon an AI ‘cheerleader,’ asks him to slow down strategy

InnovationBY MARIA COLLINS

Feds’ new defence industrial strategy is powerful, but it faces serious challenges before it can succeed

Defence & SecurityBY DAVID CRANE

Sudanese refugees waiting to come to Canada face deportation risk from Egypt

ImmigrationBY NEIL MOSS

Tumbler Ridge tragedy, U.S. attacks on Canada are showing a different side of Pierre Poilievre 

IntergovernmentalBY SHEILA COPPS

New strategy outlines ‘ambitious’ defence readiness objective months after downgrading air fleet target

Defence & SecurityBY NEIL MOSS

Diversifying Canada’s trade and ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ share in the opportunity

Foreign PolicyBY LIBERAL MP JUDY SGRO

The grass is greener where you water it

AgricultureBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

A defence reality check for the Canadian Armed Forces

Defence & SecurityBY ANDREW ERSKINE

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NATO 1.0 is dead. Long live NATO 2.0

Defence & SecurityBY GWYNNE DYER

• The existing NATO is an ideal template for a successor alliance that includes most or all of the existing members except the United States.

Canada’s trade wake-up call could become a dream come true: diversification is no longer optional

Foreign PolicyBY PATRICK DINE

Canada can’t trade on hope

Foreign PolicyBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Canada’s trade diversification challenge: navigating a monumental shift

Foreign PolicyBY GARY MAR

Trade diversification always failed, this time could be different

Foreign PolicyBY DANIELLE GOLDFARB

To diversify trade, ditch the ideological baggage

Foreign PolicyBY STUART TREW

To ban or not to ban? Experts wary of restricting social media access for kids, as feds watch Australian approach

InnovationBY DAVIS LEGREE

Official languages commissioner nominee aspires for a ‘truly bilingual public service’

HeritageBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Back to the future’: Senators react to idea of turning Senate Building back into original train station for high-speed rail hub

Government contractsBY IREM KOCA

AGRICULTURE

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

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Biotechnology

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

OpinionBY MICHELLE MCLEAN

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Having a defence industrial strategy is good, but we’ll also need to know what to do with it

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

Four years on: Canada, Ukraine, and the end of familiar assumptions

OpinionBY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON, ALEXANDER LANDRY

Influence registry will deter few foreign agents without independent enforcement, say national security experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘All about’ NATO: bulk of feds’ $5.4-billion spending request boosts defence programs

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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Environment

The EV revolution: baby steps and tinkering won’t get us to the podium

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Climate change should be the big story of 2026

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

The real rupture we face: what Carney’s next speech needs to say

OpinionBY TREVOR HANCOCK

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

OpinionBY MARENA WINSTANLEY

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FINANCE

‘Everyone should feel the hit’: ministerial offices and PMO should be cut, too, say some leading public policy experts

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Canada faces ‘an emergency of extraordinary proportions’ with Trump, say foreign affairs and trade experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Building a more innovative Canadian economy won’t be easy, but it will be worth it

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Liberals see path forward for budget bill, but Conservatives still have ‘huge concerns’ with cabinet’s ‘regulatory sandbox’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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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

Infrastructure is the missing link in Canada’s diversification strategy 

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

Supply chain reliability must be Canada’s competitive advantage in global trade

OpinionBY DERRICK HYNES

It looks like Trump will try cheat in elections this fall and in 2028

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

Pierre Poilievre is in a pickle: he’s a weak leader with a strong mandate

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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health

Beyond funding: why flexible, locally grounded care models matter now

OpinionBY BERNARD LORD

Canada is facing a teen vaping crisis

OpinionBY DOUG ROTH

AI is already in our clinics, but Canada is failing to train the people who use it

OpinionBY SAMIRA ABBASGHOLIZADEH-RAHIMI

Canada on path to become a superaged country

OpinionBY SHARON STRAUS, FRANçOISE BAYLIS

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Industry and Manufacturing

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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

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infrastructure and transport

Lack of trade infrastructure, insufficient supports for small business among realities of trade-war woes, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

U.S. President Trump’s bridge outrage is latest example of how corrupt the American political system has become

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Ottawa has a housing initiative, but not a homeownership plan

OpinionBY KEVIN LEE

Arctic security investments must also improve living conditions in the North, say territories

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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innovation

Building Canada’s digital future

OpinionBY DELPHINE ADENOT-OWUSU

From promise to reality: scaling innovative housing in Canada

OpinionBY TASNIM FARIHA

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

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Taking a stand for sovereignty

OpinionBY CATHERINE TAIT

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intergovernmental

Milliard takes on the Quebec Liberal mantle

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Hearings at National Assembly offer insight into Bill 1

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Alberta MPs shouldn’t just quietly wait for separatist issue to blow over

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Will we actually see the new Arctic vehicles on order?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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justice

Reconciliation is not dead, but Indigenous Peoples are still dying in Canada’s hospitals

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Republican Party can rein in U.S. President Trump—if it’s brave enough

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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

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Labour & employment

Keeping the North strong and free also means ensuring a better way of life for northerners

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Investing in Indigenous housing strengthens Canada, and the solutions are ready

OpinionBY JOHN GORDON

Solving Canada’s housing crisis starts with a reality check

OpinionBY JANICE MYERS

Nuancing our understanding of Canada’s housing affordability crisis

OpinionBY STEVE POMEROY

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Lobbying

Questions loom over NDP’s voter verification process as leadership contest enters final stretch

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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

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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 politicking of identity has always been a nation-building project

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Liberals hope ‘national unity’ council quells divisions after scrapping Islamophobia and antisemitism envoys

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Celebrating Black Canadian trailblazers who’ve played a critical role in public life

OpinionBY WAHEED KHAN

Here’s how Parliament can tackle the rise in anti-feminist ideology

OpinionBY SHARI GRAYDON

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Indigenous Relations

A partial table cannot deliver justice for Indigenous people

OpinionBY BRENDAN MOORE

Wide-eyed patriotism is an Indigenous value

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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

OpinionBY JESSICA KOLOPENUK

Indigenous innovation: part of the tradition, not the trend

OpinionBY KATHY MANNERS

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