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health

Looking to the future of Canadians’ mental health

OpinionBY HYMIE ANISMAN

• As meagre as funding has been for health research in general, the situation for research into mental health is much worse.

Looking to the future of Canadians’ mental health

OpinionBY HYMIE ANISMAN

• As meagre as funding has been for health research in general, the situation for research into mental health is much worse.

Fact check: 2023 bilateral investments in mental health care less than half of what feds claim

OpinionBY SM LEDUC

Governments must remove barriers to improve access to mental health and substance use services

OpinionBY FLORENCE BUDDEN, ANTHONY ESPOSTI AND GLENN BRIMACOMBE

Mental health funding must keep pace with the growing demand for accessible and inclusive mental health supports for youth

OpinionBY ELISABETH BRIERE

Perinatal mental health strategy is a critical step

OpinionBY PATRICIA TOMASI

Linking the affordability crisis and mental health requires ‘transformative change’ in health care, say critics and experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

National Summit on Indigenous Mental Wellness: moving beyond gestures to real action

OpinionBY ANANGKWE CHARITY FLEMING

Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

The kids are not alright: Canada needs a youth mental health strategy

OpinionBY NDP MP GORD JOHNS

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Rapid access to effective mental health care for youth should be a national priority

OpinionBY STAN KUTCHER AND ALEXA BAGNELL

• Instead of one-size-fits-all, we need many types of access points integrated with mental health services offering different levels of care.

Rapid access to effective mental health care for youth should be a national priority

OpinionBY STAN KUTCHER AND ALEXA BAGNELL

• Instead of one-size-fits-all, we need many types of access points integrated with mental health services offering different levels of care.

Time for Canada to treat mental health like physical health

OpinionBY SENATOR SHARON BUREY

Fight over MAID shifts from Parliament back to the courts amid political stalemate

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Canada needs pharmacare now 

OpinionBY BEA BRUSKE, JASON MACLEAN, DOUG ROTH

Cannabis industry seeks change as part of profits go up in smoke under outdated tax regime: stakeholders

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Contraception and family planning are vital for people and the planet

OpinionBY CéLINE DELACROIX

Ontario’s health-care system is putting Métis lives at risk—it’s time governments invest in research to influence meaningful change

OpinionBY SABASTIAN KOPRICH

Policy action is critical as Canada recognizes FASD Awareness Month

OpinionBY AUDREY MCFARLANE, INDEPENDENT SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA

A flourishing biotech sector starts by innovating education

OpinionBY VALERIE WARD, MARC AUCOIN, HECTOR BUDMAN

AGRICULTURE

The cornerstone for peace is food, but armed conflicts wipe out livelihoods and agri-food systems

OpinionBY RATTAN LAL, MANUEL OTERO

Voluntary grocery code of conduct short on fair dealing enforcement provisions, says NDP agriculture critic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

MPs unite against greedflation and monopoly power in Canada’s food systems—but there’s more to do

OpinionBY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG

Tax fairness for the next generation will protect the future of our farms

OpinionBY KEITH CURRIE

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Biotechnology

Unlocking Canada’s greatest economic potential: life sciences

OpinionBY ALISON SYMINGTON, JASON FIELD

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

Biotechnology: an opportunity balanced on a knife’s edge

OpinionBY ADAM DAMRY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

‘Hotter and drier’ conditions in forests will create greater fire risk in coming decades, Senate committee hears, as House continues Jasper study

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

World waits with bated breath as we teeter on the edge of a world war

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Unlimited liability: why veteran and family needs transcend elections and politics

OpinionBY FARDOUS HOSSEINY

The Three Stooges of Canadian defence

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Adaptation to climate change should be a non-partisan priority

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

Parliament at a standstill as Conservative MPs push for release of green-tech fund papers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Protecting Canada’s outdoor recreation sector

OpinionBY DAVID ERB

Disasters the result of ‘our actions or inaction,’ Ottawa emergency management conference hears

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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FINANCE

It’s a Brit problem, it’s a Canadian problem

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Forging a new reconciliation path focused on economic empowerment

OpinionBY CHIEF RAYMOND POWDER

Transforming reconciliation: funding what matters to Indigenous communities

OpinionBY JEFF CYR, WáHIAKATSTE DIOME-DEER

Disability Benefit regulations show feds don’t care about institutionalized Canadians 

OpinionBY KENDAL DAVID, MEGAN LINTON

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Fisheries and oceans

Reconciliation that works for all in Canada’s fisheries

OpinionBY GENNA CAREY

Federal resource management decisions undermine collective power of community-based fisheries 

OpinionBY COURTNEY GLODE

N.L. minister slams feds for ‘total chaos and poor decision-making’ on fisheries file

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Fish fight

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

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FOREIGN POLICY

Netanyahu’s military strikes in Lebanon can’t stop the inevitable 

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Release the names

OpinionBY DAVID MATAS

Senate study of supply management bill imperils Bloc deadline

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Will he? Won’t he? Netanyahu decides

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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Industry and Manufacturing

Support zero-profit grocery stores to fight market failure in the food supply chain

OpinionBY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG

Google signs deal to launch journalism fund in California, while cash from its Canadian media fund has yet to flow

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

If labour dispute goes ‘sideways’ it could derail Liberal cabinet retreat, says Nanos

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Feds’ groceries bill is worth less than the paper on which it’s printed

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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infrastructure and transport

The case for a high-speed train between Quebec and Ontario

OpinionBY ÉRIC BLAIS

Sutcliffe blames federal hybrid-work model for capital’s transit woes as city’s commuters face service cuts

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Climate-resilient infrastructure: a burning platform

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Systemic labour reform—not tweaks—needed to address major trade disruptions

OpinionBY CARLO DADE

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innovation

Standing up for cultural sovereignty requires a steel backbone

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Setting Canada’s research priorities

OpinionBY DAVID WATTERS

Preserving Canada’s competitive edge: the need for balanced international student policy

OpinionBY GABRIEL MILLER

Digital research infrastructure is the key to the future success of Canada’s research ecosystem

OpinionBY CHAD GAFFIELD

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intergovernmental

Federal messaging, concerns bleed into campaigns as three provinces head to polls

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Fixing the housing affordability crisis? It’s the density, stupid

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A remarkable Montreal ‘salon’ has endured five decades

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

‘A lot of tension’ in both Ottawa and Quebec City sparks shifting alliances between parties

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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justice

The cannabis excise duty rate: at least someone is making money

Opinion

Give peace a chance

OpinionBY KATHLEENA HENRICUS, CATHY HU, BAVAN PUSHPALINGAM, AND TERENCE D’SOUZA

New return-to-office mandate for federal public servants kicks off as unions prepare telework campaign

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

There’s still hope for advance requests for medical assistance in dying

OpinionBY HELEN LONG

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Labour & employment

The Trudeau government is crushing private-sector childcare in Ontario

OpinionBY MATTHEW LAU

Canada’s research ecosystem must drive impact

OpinionBY PARI JOHNSTON

New capstone agency promises to improve Canada’s research enterprise

OpinionBY ANDY KNIGHTS

Research partnerships are key to Canada’s net-zero economic future

OpinionBY BILL FLANAGAN

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Lobbying

Steel industry urges Ottawa to put ‘pedal to the floor’ regarding tariffs imposed on China imports

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Domestic EV market needs more support following tariff on Chinese-made vehicles, say advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Environmental group wants clean power regulations without delay, calls electricity sector concerns ‘scaremongering’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Some Grit staffers try to ‘get ahead of the curve’ in private sector outreach before next election

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

How the Canadian taxpayer ended up on the hook for $34-billion to build a pipeline for the oil industry

OpinionBY THOMAS GUNTON

Liberal resource leadership boils down to LN ‘Gee, I don’t know’

OpinionBY SVEN BIGGS

Nuclear stations in Russia-Ukraine war provide warnings for Canada

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON

Green transition offers a chance for Canadian wealth creation

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Reviving a dream for Canadian identity—no hyphens needed

OpinionBY SHINDER PUREWAL

Canada must seize the moment to address violence against women and girls globally

OpinionBY JEANNE SARSON, LINDA MACDONALD

New law silencing women goes beyond Afghanistan’s borders

OpinionBY RHONDA GOSSEN

Legislation protecting children from violent fathers needed in Canada

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR

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Indigenous Relations