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Indigenous Relations

Bill C-5: RIP reconciliation?

OpinionBY DOREEN BARRIE

• An understanding of Indigenous Peoples’ foundational beliefs will explain why they do not rush when making consequential decisions. It’s a mistake to regard their opposition to large-scale projects as mere obstructionism.

Bill C-5: RIP reconciliation?

OpinionBY DOREEN BARRIE

• An understanding of Indigenous Peoples’ foundational beliefs will explain why they do not rush when making consequential decisions. It’s a mistake to regard their opposition to large-scale projects as mere obstructionism.

Why government’s aversion to risk impacts Indigenous Peoples the most

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

An Indigenous-led second port on Hudson Bay will help unite Canada

OpinionBY DOROTHY DOBBIE

It’s time to end Canada’s control over First Nations identity

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON

Federal major projects office ‘should not take the place of proper consultation with First Nations,’ says AFN national chief

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

NewsBY STUART BENSON

There’s no better time for Canada to embrace its diversity

OpinionBY JENNIFER ST. GERMAIN

Breaking down C-5: Carney’s ‘build, baby, build’ bill draws support from business sector, but heavy pushback from environmental, Indigenous groups

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Here are some ways to revolutionize the federal government for tomorrow’s challenges

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Carney ‘buries Caesar’ by admitting his own mistakes

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

• I’m willing to bet Mark Carney’s numbers continue to be solid, and I bet the Canadians paying attention actually give him credit for admitting mistakes and fixing them.

Carney ‘buries Caesar’ by admitting his own mistakes

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

• I’m willing to bet Mark Carney’s numbers continue to be solid, and I bet the Canadians paying attention actually give him credit for admitting mistakes and fixing them.

Senate passes Carney’s controversial nation-building bill, citing ‘trust’ in the government

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Carney says Indigenous traditions are key to protecting nature—Métis climate leadership offers a path forward

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

‘Action, not words’ needed to cool potential long, hot One Canadian protest summer, says Liberal strategist

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Investing in Indigenous education is an investment in Canada’s future

OpinionBY MIKE DEGAGNé

‘Survivors are waiting for it’: Sen. Boyer reintroduces bill to criminalize forced, coerced sterilizations

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Delivering results: the case for an Indigenous Outcomes Fund

OpinionBY JEFF CYR

Working with First Nations on an Indigenous fire stewardship protocol could go a long way

OpinionBY KAREN RESTOULE

Reconciliation is action, not just words

OpinionBY MICHELLE ROBINSON

AGRICULTURE

Backing down on DST is understandable, but doing so on supply management would be another story

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

‘They were emphatic in their foolishness’: Senate defers to House on Bloc supply management bill despite concerns

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

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Biotechnology

Canada’s next top doctor must be a ‘focal point’ for public health amid changes in the U.S., concerns about next pandemic

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

From momentum to leadership: securing Canada’s biotech future

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Canada’s biotech carpe diem

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

Harnessing the power of Canada’s growing biotechnology industry: a perspective from the West

OpinionBY STEPHANIE WILLERTH

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Raising hackles: why can’t the CAF help stepping on their own dicks?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

BC Ferries story reveals Canada’s confused policy on China

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

First woman named to lead the RCAF

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Time for feds to clarify plan for military wage boost, say observers 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Environment

Coal mine expansion a dangerous step backward for public health and our environment

OpinionBY STEPHEN WILTON

What will kill the electric car this time: Trump or Canada’s haplessness?

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Can Canada be a clean energy superpower? Not without tax credits

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

Carney is walking a political tightrope on our energy future

OpinionBY ANDY HIRA

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FINANCE

We need a fix for bureaucratic delays—but is it a pipe dream?

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

It’s time we treat campus infrastructure as a nation-building project

OpinionBY GABRIEL MILLER

Senate ethics office ‘not keeping up with demand,’ calls for more resources in annual report

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Employment and Social Development Canada forecasts thousands of job losses ahead of Carney’s spending review

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Fisheries and oceans

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

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

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FOREIGN POLICY

Canada needs to look beyond the U.S. and Europe for its future

OpinionBY KUMARAN NADESAN

Digital sovereignty must drive Canada’s U.S. trade strategy

OpinionBY BARRY APPLETON

G7 may have missed the mark on health, but Canada has a second chance to lead

OpinionBY CHARMAINE CROCKETT

How Canadians feel about Carney will rely on trade talk success with a mercurial Trump

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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health

Carney’s plan should emphasize public health rather than fossil fuels

OpinionBY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, MARIA MEDELEANU, GEOFF STRONG

Winning the legislation lottery: MPs eye causes that hit close to home for fall bills

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

An invitation to parliamentarians: let’s build an all-party men’s mental health caucus

OpinionBY SENATOR PATRICK BRAZEAU, ROB WHITLEY, JUSTIN TROTTIER

Canada’s economic future runs on brain power

OpinionBY JENNIE Z. YOUNG, JULIAN KARAGUESIAN

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Industry and Manufacturing

Canada’s government and banks are stuck on oil—and this is a problem

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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

OpinionBY EMILY HOLTBY

Climate policy is economic policy

OpinionBY SARAH HOUDE, SIMON DONNER

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

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infrastructure and transport

Remembering the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster

OpinionBY BRUCE CAMPBELL

All three levels of government must play their part in building up Canada’s supply chains

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

High-speed rail in Canada is not up for debate, or is it?

OpinionBY WILLIAM MORRISON

Loophole Liberals making an ignominious power grab

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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innovation

Canada’s wildfire response infrastructure is failing when lives depend on it

OpinionBY KEVIN FERNANDES

It’s Trump’s world. Other world leaders are just living in it.

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Digital services tax retreat risks showing ‘Canada will fold’ in Trump trade talks, warn experts

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Homebuilding is ready for its tech makeover

OpinionBY JAYSON MYERS

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intergovernmental

Feds have to fight comms with comms to tackle Alberta alienation problem

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Is Plamondon a wolf in expensive clothing?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Saskatchewan Senator pushes for a national emergency response agency to fight wildfires

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

A new Arctic archipelagic defence concept will project Canada’s power in the North

OpinionBY ANDREW ERSKINE

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justice

Military police chief is ignoring the law, shutting down probes into complaints: watchdog report

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

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

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Labour & employment

What good is a social safety net that doesn’t catch you?

OpinionBY AMANDA THERRIEN

What to do about youth unemployment?

OpinionBY ABDUL ABBASI, MATTHEW GERRITS, HANNAH HUNTER

If Carney wants to transform the economy, he needs to fix the housing crisis

OpinionBY TIM RICHTER, PEDRO BARATA, JANICE MYERS, RAY SULLIVAN

Bill removing internal trade barriers risks undermining policy innovation 

OpinionBY MARK WINFIELD

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Lobbying

Energy Minister Hodgson top-lobbied in Carney cabinet since May shuffle

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

The value of strategic praise

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Natural resources, economy top lobbying issues in May

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Connecting regional electricity grids should be Canada’s top nation-building project

OpinionBY PETER NICHOLSON, RICK SMITH

Iran’s uranium enrichment: myths, realities, and what Canada should understand

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON, GORDON EDWARDS

Canada’s water is a strategic asset, so let’s treat it like one

OpinionBY SOULA CHRONOPOULOS

Pipelines or pipe dreams?

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

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Women, Gender and Diversity

‘They’re never going to silence me’: Red Chamber marks Pride month with historic number of openly queer Senators 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Seven ways Carney’s agenda can advance gender equality

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR

PM Carney, Minister Valdez raise Pride flag

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

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Indigenous Relations

How to optimize economic reconciliation through natural resource investment and beyond? Create an Indigenous Development Bank

OpinionBY GLEN HODGSON

Reconciliation or repetition? Carney’s first moves on Indigenous rights face scrutiny

OpinionBY JACKSON PIND

What do we stand to gain?

OpinionBY CYNTHIA WESLEY-ESQUIMAUX

With Indigenous relations taking on an economic lens, consultation will be key, say academics, orgs

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Exclusive lists

House and Senate steering committee members named

House and Senate steering committee members named

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

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