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Women, Gender and Diversity

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

• Since 2018, the strategy has helped over 400,000 women access financing, networks, and mentorship. Federal programs have provided over 25,000 loans to diverse women entrepreneurs.

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

• Since 2018, the strategy has helped over 400,000 women access financing, networks, and mentorship. Federal programs have provided over 25,000 loans to diverse women entrepreneurs.

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

Q&A | The legal battle over the ‘notwithstanding’ clause, explained 

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Is PM Carney abandoning women, girls, and queer people in his austerity agenda?

OpinionBY FAE JOHNSTONE

Gender equality week should be a wake-up call for Canadian leaders

OpinionBY JULIE SAVARD-SHAW, ALEXANDRA STANTE

Freeland joins long list of sidelined leading Liberal women 

OpinionBY KELLY PATRICK

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Gilmore says she received a ‘tsunami’ of hate following social media post about Charlie Kirk’s murder

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• NDP MP Heather McPherson calls out former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer for allegedly fuelling rage.

Gilmore says she received a ‘tsunami’ of hate following social media post about Charlie Kirk’s murder

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• NDP MP Heather McPherson calls out former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer for allegedly fuelling rage.

Canadian military colleges report offers honest approach to right the ship

OpinionBY KATE ARMSTRONG

Canada’s public service needs updated visible minority hiring targets

OpinionBY WAHEED KHAN

Carney becomes second sitting prime minister in Canadian history to march at Pride

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

WAGE isn’t in a funding crisis—it has a design flaw

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM

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

AGRICULTURE

Eggs fuel us every day, as nutritious food and as an economic engine for Canada

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

Tory ag critic questions efforts to engage with China as canola tariffs drag into harvest season

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

School food advocates hopeful program will survive fall budget cuts, but say Ontario falling short of ‘all in’

NewsBY STUART BENSON

AI can’t save farming if our soils keep dying

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

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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

Wildlife can be full of surprises

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

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

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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

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

Water security a matter of national security

OpinionBY OLIVER M. BRANDES, MERRELL-ANN PHARE

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FINANCE

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

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

It’s politics first, as usual

OpinionBY LORI TURNBULL

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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

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

OpinionBY BEN CHIN

Canada’s hope to constrain Trump’s tariff agenda shifts to America’s top court 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Can Conservative links help Canada in Trump talks?

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The recipe for dealing with Trump: a stiff spine and a stiff drink

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

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health

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada can’t afford delays in medical imaging

OpinionBY ALISON HARRIS

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

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Industry and Manufacturing

Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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

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

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

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

Below the surface: Canada’s hidden infrastructure crisis is a climate reckoning

OpinionBY ALI BAYAT

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innovation

Telecom and the national interest

OpinionBY ERIK BOHLIN

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

OpinionBY RAFIK GOUBRAN

Support for communications infrastructure is key to Arctic development

OpinionBY PETER GARLAND, ROB MCMAHON

Canada’s competitiveness depends on a modern digital backbone

OpinionBY ALEX GRECO

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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

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

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

OpinionBY DON CHAPMAN

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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

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

Struggling auto sector promises deep engagement as wheels set to turn on CUSMA consultations

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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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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Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

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MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

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Ranking the best and worst federal departments, by public service survey results

Ranking the best and worst federal departments, by public service survey results