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

FinanceBY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

• 'There’s been so much buzz that’s been generated around Build Canada Homes ... about generational investments,' says Homeward Public Affairs' Jacob Gorenkoff, 'and we

Budget’s ‘Buy-Canadian’ push signals ‘clear commitment’ in procurement policy direction, but could also complicate the system, say observers

Government contractsBY IREM KOCA

Budget’s lack of clarity over sunsetting climate programs a concern: Green Budget Coalition

EnvironmentBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

It’s time for Canada to take control of stablecoins

FinanceBY JEREMY KRONICK, PETER MACKENZIE, MARK ZELMER

Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction

HealthBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

At COP, disinformation is the next crisis to tackle

EnvironmentBY JUSTIN ÁNGEL KNIGHTEN

Carney government promises to spend $81.8-billion over five years on defence

Defence & SecurityBY TESSIE SANCI

Tax incentives for companies hiked to attract investments, but economists say budget not ‘transformational’ enough for businesses

FinanceBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Carney Liberals focus on health infrastructure, but no new funding for mental health, substance use programs in budget

FinanceBY TESSIE SANCI

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Building a national Canadian economy starts with our fuel sector

FinanceBY JAKE ENWRIGHT

• For the prime minister to build ‘one strong national economy,’ he must first work with provinces and territories to fix unfair and inconsistent regulations

An austerity-driven federal budget is a necessary evil

FinanceBY RAM MATHILAKATH

It’s time to revive Parliament’s tool to stand up to China with courage

Foreign PolicyBY HENRY CHAN

Health innovation groups say they hope governments’ ‘Buy Canadian’ mentality hits their sector

HealthBY TESSIE SANCI

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

HealthBY ROSE LEMAY

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

HealthBY TESSIE SANCI

Security delayed is security denied

InnovationBY LISA LAMBERT, MICHELE MOSCA

Unions brace for budget’s impact as think tank predicts ‘stealth’ cuts to public-serving programs

FinanceBY MARLO GLASS

What lessons can be drawn from Doug Ford’s adventures in advertising?

Foreign PolicyBY JAMIE CARROLL

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

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

Meeting feds’ ‘ambitious’ RCMP hiring pledge will require ‘imaginative’ ideas, says advisory board chair

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Follow P.E.I.’s lead: Canada needs a national inquiry into China’s influence

OpinionBY WAYNE EASTER, GARRY CLEMENT 

The CAF’s emotional apology for racism

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Douglas Roche: why ‘much of my public career has been marked by dissent, and [why] I’m not stopping now’

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

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Environment

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND | UPDATED November 7, 2025

How Bill Gates has shifted the politics of climate change

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Emissions cap may ‘no longer be required’ as Ottawa favours carbon capture, critical minerals: budget

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Here is a nation-building project that would really make a difference

OpinionBY TREVOR HANCOCK, MELISSA GORRIE

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FINANCE

Canada’s fiscal pivot: Budget 2025 marks a capital reset

OpinionBY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL

Public service job cuts will be ‘compassionate’ and ‘civilized,’ with the impact on people ‘fairly minimal,’ say local Liberal MPs

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘A big, big if’: ex-PBO questions Carney’s deficit projections as Liberal spending track keeps being ‘revised upwards’

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | UPDATED November 6, 2025

Budget 2025 and the perfection of managerial politics

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

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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

Sudan: another partition?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Petition urges House to introduce foreign ownership rules to protect ‘Canadian sovereignty and journalistic integrity’

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Ecuador’s fight is for peace, human rights, and partnership with Canada

OpinionBY ESTEBAN CRESPO POLO

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health

Doug Ford needs to be reined in

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Who will protect our brains in the AI race?

OpinionBY VIVIANE POUPON

Curing Type 1 diabetes could be Canada’s legacy

OpinionBY JESSICA DINIZ, CATE MURRAY

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Industry and Manufacturing

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

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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infrastructure and transport

‘Canada needs this road’: N.W.T. pitches highway to the Arctic

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Major projects? Not without telecom

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Nation-building starts with builders

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

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innovation

Government must balance AI development with risk management

OpinionBY HEATHER BAKKEN, SHAWN MCCARTHY

Canada’s AI strategy must prioritize young workers

OpinionBY ALONSO MUñOZ SANCHEZ

Telecom and the national interest

OpinionBY ERIK BOHLIN

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

OpinionBY RAFIK GOUBRAN

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intergovernmental

Alberta and Quebec are rewatching old movies

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Thirty years ago last week, Canada’s future hung in the balance

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE MP BOB ZIMMER

Is Canada an ‘illegitimate country’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

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

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

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Labour & employment

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

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

OpinionBY MICHAEL SANGSTER

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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

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

Opinion

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

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Women, Gender and Diversity

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

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

OpinionBY MALINDA SMITH

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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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