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Indigenous Relations

‘The government has idly sat by’: NDP MPs say Indigenous communities need federal support as wildfires devastate Western Canada

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• New Democrats say Ottawa's wildfire response fails to ‘uphold the dignity and well-being of First Nations,’ which they say are under federal jurisdiction.

‘The government has idly sat by’: NDP MPs say Indigenous communities need federal support as wildfires devastate Western Canada

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• New Democrats say Ottawa's wildfire response fails to ‘uphold the dignity and well-being of First Nations,’ which they say are under federal jurisdiction.

Canada can’t move forward without Indigenous-led solutions

OpinionBY MICHAEL FOX

Wildfires, climate change, and will we make it through?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

The future of Canada depends on Indigenous leadership

OpinionBY CANDACE LARSEN

Locked out of our own treaty relationship: First Nations deserve more than ceremonial words

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON

Beyond promises: Canada’s duty to fund Indigenous education

OpinionBY MARSHA JOSEPHS

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders lay out major asks for re-elected Liberal government

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Keep the focus on the citizens who must benefit from federal governance

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

The Crown must answer for the theft of Rupert’s Land

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON

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Indigenous Services Minister Gull-Masty says she’s eager to ‘succeed’ under ‘huge pressure,’ as Indigenous leaders welcome ‘progress’ in cabinet picks

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• Indigenous Services Canada is being headed by an Indigenous person for the first time ever—something Mandy Gull-Masty says adds to the ‘pressure’ to succeed, as she feels out her new role under the weight of ‘a lot of eyes watching.’

Indigenous Services Minister Gull-Masty says she’s eager to ‘succeed’ under ‘huge pressure,’ as Indigenous leaders welcome ‘progress’ in cabinet picks

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• Indigenous Services Canada is being headed by an Indigenous person for the first time ever—something Mandy Gull-Masty says adds to the ‘pressure’ to succeed, as she feels out her new role under the weight of ‘a lot of eyes watching.’

If anybody should have left Canada, it was First Nations

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Growing the Métis economy must be a national priority for the renewed government

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Collaboration is Canada’s innovation superpower

OpinionBY ANDREA NEMTIN

Vote for ‘we’ instead of ‘me’ in this election

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

There is no Team Canada strategy without Indigenous people

OpinionBY STEPHEN BUFFALO

Unlocking the economic potential in Canada’s lands, forests, and waters

OpinionBY JASON RASEVYCH, MICHAEL TWIGG, SHAUGHN MCARTHUR

Questions that should be asked at the political leaders’ debates

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

AGRICULTURE

Rural Canada is finally getting its moment

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Canada can be an agriculture powerhouse if we meet the moment

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY ROBINSON

Supply management consensus emerges but Grits, Tories accuse each other of past capitulation

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

No more scraps: making the election about ending hunger in Canada

OpinionBY NICK SAUL, JASMINE RAMZE REZAEE

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Biotechnology

From momentum to leadership: securing Canada’s biotech future

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

From crisis to catalyst: Canada’s opportunity to drive global health and research innovation

OpinionBY PAMELA SHAVER-WALKER, EDWARD SHORT

A flourishing biotech sector starts by innovating education

OpinionBY VALERIE WARD, MARC AUCOIN, HECTOR BUDMAN

The prescription for Canada’s health care future

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Highlights from ‘fast-track’ Carney’s major defence pledge

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

The high price of a handshake: Carney’s G7 Modi invite 

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Conservatives support extra money for military, says Poilievre

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

How soon should we expect this ‘immediate’ military overhaul?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Ottawa’s climate adaptation plans ‘incomplete,’ and ‘neither systematic nor comprehensive,’ says Environment Commissioner

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Wildfires burning, and Canada still needs a national response agency

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Carney can make a huge difference on climate change, and he should make it a priority

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

Climate policy is economic policy

OpinionBY SARAH HOUDE, SIMON DONNER

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FINANCE

Digging into the One Canadian Economy Act

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

A modern economy requires more than shared borders

OpinionBY MOSHE LANDER

Trade barriers and trucking: unified political fortitude needed to push through the noise

OpinionBY STEPHEN LASKOWSKI

Canada cannot waste its best chance for internal trade reform since Confederation

OpinionBY RYAN MANUCHA

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Fisheries and oceans

Rebuilding Canada’s fisheries for climate and economic security

OpinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

B.C. suit says feds used consultations to justify ‘bad-faith’ Discovery Island salmon farming ban

NewsBY STUART BENSON

To protect nature, Canada must ratify the High Seas Treaty

OpinionBY SUSANNA FULLER

Feds’ plan for fish-farm transition no catch, say wild salmon, industry advocates

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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FOREIGN POLICY

Wait and see is Europe’s best tactic with Trump as war rhetoric ramps up 

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Canada’s international balancing act

OpinionBY THOMAS LIU

What does Trump 2.0 mean for Canada-China relations?

OpinionBY LYNETTE H. ONG

Internal trade a complement, not a solution, to reduced trade with U.S., say economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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health

From Haiti to the PMO to cabinet: Canada’s new Health Minister Michel reflects on her front-row seat in politics

FeatureBY TESSIE SANCI

From reactive to proactive: Canada’s hidden health-care crisis and why physical activity should be central to policy

OpinionBY JOHN WESTON

Health minister says mental health and access to care are on her list of priorities

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Is Carney’s mandate for technocracy or transformation?

OpinionBY LEAH TEMPER

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Industry and Manufacturing

Why the right to repair needs to be a priority for the new government 

OpinionBY EMILY HOLTBY

Researcher, advocacy group hoping for ‘cabinet co-ordination’ on digital files with new AI and digital innovation ministry

NewsBY PHALEN TYNES-MACDONALD, PAUL PARK, HANNAH DALEY

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

Sister cities under strain: U.S. steel tariffs threaten to divide Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., from its American twin city

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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infrastructure and transport

So are we getting high-speed trains or not?

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

Time to build—together

OpinionBY REBECCA BLIGH

Environment implications for proposed Liberal energy corridor unclear; ‘the devil is in the details,’ says uWaterloo academic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Public transit can’t wait for politics to catch up

OpinionBY MARCO D’ANGELO

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innovation

Canada could lead on AI—if we’re willing to train for it

OpinionBY MATTHIAS OSCHINSKI, RUHANI WALIA

King Charles delivered the message, now Carney’s got to deliver the goods

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

International trade, the economy top-lobbied issues in April, and Ford, GM led the way

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

G7 leaders should shape technology with trust 

OpinionBY KEITH JANSA

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intergovernmental

Unlocking Canada’s full economic potential by harmonizing regulations

OpinionBY DANIEL GALLE

Despite the hype, transforming the Canadian economy requires more than modest reform

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER COTTON

More trade, not less protection for workers

OpinionBY LANA PAYNE

Carney must be rigorous and not succumb to extortion on viability of new nation-building projects

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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justice

Senate throws a lifeline to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

Kelly looks at how governments react to judicial invalidation in Constraining the Court

FeatureBY JAMES B. KELLY

‘This is a book about gender-based violence, with a focus on intimate partner abuse,’ says Donner-nominated author of And Sometimes They Kill You

FeatureBY PAMELA CROSS

DEI: love it or hate it, it’s more profitable

OpinionBY JORY COHEN

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Labour & employment

PM Carney’s failure to appoint disabilities minister is an error in judgement

OpinionBY LEN BAKER

A new Canadian economy must include everyone

OpinionBY BONNIE BRAYTON

In the face of insolvency and strike action, what does Canada Post’s future look like?

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Federal public service cut by nearly 10,000 jobs, new data shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Lobbying

‘Unusual time’ for lobbying in first quarter of 2025, with economic concerns topping communications

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Cooling-off period for lobbyists who volunteered during election can vary, says lobbying commissioner who urges reading code of conduct

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Powering a just transition: why Canada’s clean energy workforce needs a recharge

OpinionBY STACEY NORONHA, MISHA GOFORTH

Urgent: ambitious methane emissions reduction needed

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, ARI POTTENS

Engineers help drive innovation in Canada’s car industry

OpinionBY HOSSAM KISHAWY

Nuclear power and the engineers behind it are vital to Canada’s clean energy future

OpinionBY HOSSAM KISHAWY, SALAM ALI

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Senator Dasko pitches elections law reforms to address enduring issue of candidate diversity

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Don’t let the pink-washing win

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Advocates to push accountability for diversity, inclusion after lack of focus in Carney’s cabinet, mandate letter

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Women’s safety is economic policy—what our next government must do now

OpinionBY ANURADHA DUGAL, ALINE NIZIGAMA

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Indigenous Relations

AFN election priority report urges parties to make ‘clear, firm’ pledges to First Nations

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Pen to paper: recent letter of intent formalizes plan to create Indigenous Peoples Space

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Historic ‘Indian hospitals’ settlement a step forward for Canada

OpinionBY SOLOMON REECE

The ‘artificial border’ and how it can be corrected

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Exclusive lists

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

The 19 entities asking for the biggest spending boosts in the 2025-26 main estimates

The 19 entities asking for the biggest spending boosts in the 2025-26 main estimates

Meet Mark Carney’s 38-member senior team

Meet Mark Carney’s 38-member senior team

The salaries of Carney’s cabinet and secretaries of state

The salaries of Carney’s cabinet and secretaries of state

Who’s in and who’s out of Carney’s post-election cabinet?

Who’s in and who’s out of Carney’s post-election cabinet?

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $280,600

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $280,600

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

Tories strip five Ontario ridings of bellwether status, while 29 seats remain

Tories strip five Ontario ridings of bellwether status, while 29 seats remain