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Indigenous Relations

Fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity are risking community for the rest of us

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity are risking community for the rest of us

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

From paternalism to partnership: how to close the Indigenous infrastructure gap

OpinionBY ERNIE DANIELS

‘No one-size-fits-all approach’: House committee tackles improving Indigenous graduation rates

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Energy transitions: away from diesel, or towards sovereignty?

OpinionBY SERASU DURAN, FEYZA G. SAHINYAZAN, JORDYN HRENYK, EMILY SALMON

To advance electrification and climate change action, Canada must advance reconciliation

OpinionBY HEATHER FERGUSON

The emotional tax of being Indigenous in Canada

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Languages in self-governing First Nation communities critically endangered, it’s time to act

OpinionBY JACKSON LAFFERTY

Bill creating reconciliation council ignores Indigenous voices

OpinionBY ELMER ST. PIERRE

The RCMP is never held to account for its own tragic, devastating wrongdoing

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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The last thing Ontario Liberal Party needs is walkover Liberal

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

• There are four putative candidates considering a run at the Liberal leadership. Shockingly, they are all current Liberals and each has something unique to offer. So it's insulting to assume that their talent is ignored by 38 'insiders' looking for another saviour. 

The last thing Ontario Liberal Party needs is walkover Liberal

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

• There are four putative candidates considering a run at the Liberal leadership. Shockingly, they are all current Liberals and each has something unique to offer. So it's insulting to assume that their talent is ignored by 38 'insiders' looking for another saviour. 

Increasing Indigenous access: the need for Canadian certified counsellors in the NIHB program

OpinionBY ANGELA GRIER

Progress on Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations ‘glacial,’ says recent report

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Poilievre’s First Nations consultations demonstrate ‘maturity,’ reconciliation no longer partisan issue, say strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is leaving the building

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Canada must close the digital gap with Indigenous Peoples

OpinionBY PSG SENATOR MARTY KLYNE

My new year’s predictions for reconciliation

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

First Nations call for reform of bill review process to comply with UNDRIP Act

OpinionBY DAVID MONIAS

Serial murders of Indigenous women should prompt swift reaction to hate and genocide

OpinionBY CORA MCGUIRE-CYRETTE

AGRICULTURE

Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Growing Canada’s agri-food sector requires a sustainable approach to meet consumer demand

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP FRANCIS DROUIN

Biting back against ‘greedflation’

OpinionBY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR

Digging into the Senate’s new soil study

OpinionBY SENATOR ROBERT BLACK

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Biotechnology

Genomics can both grow and green Canada’s economy

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Big money to scale up our most promising, young companies often from the United States

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Canada’s life sciences sector has come a long way

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ANDY FILLMORE

Biotechnology, statistics, collaboration, and the pursuit of the future

OpinionBY DONALD ESTEP

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Trudeau, Huppé reinforce secrecy barriers

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Cybersecurity should be a key point of discussion during Biden’s Canadian visit

OpinionBY SASHA KRSTIC

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, CHELSEA NASH

Canada should call foul on dodgy drone narrative

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Will governments or markets drive Canada’s energy transition?

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER RAGAN, RACHEL SAMSON

UN secretary general calls on developed countries to accelerate net-zero timelines to 2040

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Alberta Premier Smith should spend wisely, sustainably, create green jobs, writes Tom McElroy

Opinion

Does the planet need a new Bretton Woods Agreement and can Canada help?

OpinionBY JOSEPH INGRAM

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FINANCE

The U.S. is besting Canada on investing in research and it will have consequences

OpinionBY PAUL DAVIDSON

Civil liberties groups call for immediate moratorium on ‘prejudiced audits’ of Muslim charities pending NSIRA review

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Feds should use upcoming budget to defend, not defund, the CBC

OpinionBY MARLA BOLTMAN

Canada built world-leading research institutes—now it’s letting them collapse

OpinionBY ALANNAH HALLAS

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Fisheries and oceans

Is Canada ready to hear from a new wave of water leaders?

OpinionBY ANDREA MAY ROWE, CORINNE SCHUSTER-WALLACE

Fisheries Minister Murray promotes new parliamentary affairs director

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Should we let the H2O flow?

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

Now is the time to act for Canada to help protect the world’s oceans

OpinionBY JENNIFER JOSENHANS

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FOREIGN POLICY

‘Russian Crimea’ is as much a myth as the world’s invincible second army

OpinionBY ANASTASIYA RINGIS

It’s populism or bust as Poilievre vies to bring Canada its own Trumpian moment

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Canada should focus on fixes, not fights, during Biden visit: Tory MP

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant on Putin, what about Bush’s invasion of Iraq?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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health

Show you can lead in public health policy, Ottawa

OpinionBY IAN CULBERT

Conservative rhetoric on safe consumption sites plays dangerous game with toxic drug crisis: NDP critic

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Intelligent solutions are the shining stars for Canada’s health-care system

OpinionBY ANDY CANHAM

How much money does Canada’s health system really need?

OpinionBY MICHAEL WOLFSON

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Industry and Manufacturing

Project Arrow and the switch to electric vehicles: a Q&A with Flavio Volpe

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Government has a role to play in the changing needs of Canadian supply chains

OpinionBY GARY UBA

Canadian response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act should seek to boost ‘certainty’ for investors, says advocacy group

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Eyes turn to trade-pact clock after latest U.K. government toss-up

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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infrastructure and transport

Why ignoring calls for expanded rail interswitching is good for our supply chains

OpinionBY MARY-JANE BENNETT

Overhaul of passenger protections to include rail travel is ‘worthy area of focus,’ says NDP transport critic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

With Canada’s weak protections failing air passengers, all eyes are on the transport minister

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

Air passenger rights in Canada: a case of misdirection, but the real issue is lack of competition

OpinionBY BILL MORRISON

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innovation

‘Too much, too quickly’: economists warn of Liberal ‘pro-business’ immigration policy

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

What’s missing in our innovation agenda?

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

The future of AI governance a balancing act of privacy, ethics, and progress

OpinionBY AFTAB AHMED

Link blocking ‘always on the radar,’ but Google’s committee response a ‘threat to legislators’: Bittle

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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intergovernmental

The anglicization of the world is here

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Don’t sleep on the Churchill Falls talks

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Protecting publicly funded health care is shaping up as a last-ditch stand

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Sport ministers team up to tackle ‘huge gap’ in safe sport against tight timeline, ‘frustrations’ of federalism

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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justice

End-of-life rights advocates prioritize advanced requests for medically-assisted death, following passing of Bill C-39

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Senator Miville-Dechêne takes on the porn industry

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Bailing out the bail system

OpinionBY DON HEAD

MAID debate derailed by alternate facts

OpinionBY K. SONU GAIND

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Labour & employment

Budget should bolster commitment to workers in changing economy

OpinionBY SEAN STRICKLAND

Canada facing wave of new homelessness: Gatineau, Que., reader

Opinion

This just in: high poverty rates and inequality are not inevitable

OpinionBY MICHAEL HATFIELD

Return-to-office mandate a step backwards for all Canadians

OpinionBY ALEX SILAS

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Lobbying

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

ListBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STEPHEN JEFFERY

Top 20 most-lobbied cabinet ministers in 2022

ListBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Top 21 most-lobbied public office-holders in 2022

ListBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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natural resources and energy

Cleaning up our emissions means government support for all low-emission energy

OpinionBY SHANNON WATT

Trans Mountain’s next private sector loan likely to be significantly more expensive than last year’s ‘sweetheart deal,’ say observers

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Nuclear Waste Management Organization taking extra year to pick storage site as it seeks local support

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Canada’s oil and gas industry faces an existential crisis and a weak emissions cap won’t save it

OpinionBY AMY JANZWOOD, SAM ROWAN, JOSH MEDICOFF

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Women, Gender and Diversity

‘It’s a human issue’: pushing back on misogynist online hate a collective effort, says GG Simon

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Parliamentary Black Caucus pushes feds for permanent funding, initiatives beyond 2024 UN horizon

NewsBY STUART BENSON

There’s no nice way to call out Islamophobia

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

MPs ‘are listening to Kirsty right now,’ says Status of Women Committee chair, following ex-minister Duncan’s comments on abuse in sport

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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Indigenous Relations

International oversight needed into ‘consistently inadequate’ police response to MMIWG, says MP Gazan

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Indigenous leadership is climate leadership

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

Can Indigenous peoples trust police forces?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

‘The status quo is not working’: AG calls for different approach to climate emergencies in First Nations

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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