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Labour and employment

Even high-wage temporary foreign workers are at risk of exploitation

OpinionBY CATHERINE CONNELLY

As Canadian firms address ongoing staffing challenges, more high-wage temporary foreign workers are likely to be hired. They are an important part of our workforce, and they need the same protections as Canadians.

Even high-wage temporary foreign workers are at risk of exploitation

OpinionBY CATHERINE CONNELLY

As Canadian firms address ongoing staffing challenges, more high-wage temporary foreign workers are likely to be hired. They are an important part of our workforce, and they need the same protections as Canadians.

Bank of Canada quietly signals long-term shift with potential for economic, political upheaval

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Committee witnesses who testify about non-disclosure agreements would be covered by parliamentary privilege, say House and Senate representatives

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Time for concrete action to unlock homeownership for Canadians

OpinionBY KEVIN LEE

Senator to table bill to limit use of non-disclosure agreements to hide abuse and discrimination at federally-funded agencies

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Can we save our affordable housing before it’s too late?

OpinionBY MARCIA BRYAN

There is more to the malaise in the education system than funding: Tom McElroy

Gender equality got left behind in the most recent budget

OpinionBY MAGGIE SAINTY

Ford’s new budget will hurt students: letter writer

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Qualtrough looks to leverage trust of disability community as Senate committee studies landmark benefit

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Bill C-22 would create a major social program to address the high poverty rates for people with disabilities, but the 'framework bill' relies on not-yet-written regulations to do the heavy lifting.

Qualtrough looks to leverage trust of disability community as Senate committee studies landmark benefit

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Bill C-22 would create a major social program to address the high poverty rates for people with disabilities, but the 'framework bill' relies on not-yet-written regulations to do the heavy lifting.

Feds show ‘understanding’ but not ‘action’ on need to partner with provinces to build more houses, says B.C. minister

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Ladder up and out: labour training as poverty escape

OpinionBY JULIA BLACKBURN, SALIM JIVRAJ

Parliamentary Budget Office says ending tax exemption for real estate investment trusts would generate at least $285.8-million in additional revenue over five years

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Budget offers ‘underwhelming’ response to worsening housing crisis, say advocates

NewsBY STUART BENSON

This World Milk Day, thank a Canadian dairy farmer

OpinionBY PIERRE LAMPRON

Canada’s agricultural sector must align with sustainable diets

OpinionBY RENAUD GIGNAC, INA MARIA TONCESCU

Legislation to exempt natural gas use on farms from carbon pricing focus of environment-heavy April lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Vegan diets and organic farming: two really bad ideas for the planet

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

AGRICULTURE

Food insecurity, canola crops top lobbying concerns in first quarter of 2023

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Saskatchewan is leading the way on soil health

OpinionBY PSG SENATOR MARTY KLYNE

What goes ‘moo’ and then explodes?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Job security during transition to low-carbon economy among top concerns in environment-heavy February for lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

DEFENCE & SECURITY

Feds ignoring diaspora communities, stalling on foreign interference

OpinionBY HENRY CHAN

‘Flurry of activities’ won’t ensure military culture change, say analysts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Do ministers and senior public servants need bodyguards?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

It may be time to eschew tradition to beef up Canada’s military

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Environment

Logging in Canada is not sustainable and needs to change

OpinionBY MICHAEL POLANYI, JANET SUMNER

Canada can still be a natural resource powerhouse in a net-zero economy

OpinionBY OLIVER SHELDRICK, RACHEL DORAN

Wildfire crisis indicates need to refrain from new fossil fuel, LNG projects, say environmentalists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Environmental and health advocates endorse update to Environmental Protection Act, but also call for promised second bill

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

FINANCE

Trickle-down economics: the hoax that will not die

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Where is the sense of national ambition to seize and build on new opportunities today?

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

A lesson in the dangers of extremist, scorched-earth politics from U.S. Republicans

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Fisheries and oceans

Committee report sounds alarm bells about DFO science

OpinionBY SEAN JONES

When will Ottawa stop allowing cruise ships to treat B.C.’s coastline like their personal toilet bowl?

OpinionBY ANNA BARFORD

Are the feds halting and reversing the progress made at COP15?

OpinionBY EMILY MCMILLAN, PATRICK NADEAU

Canada, U.S. must work together to protect the Central Arctic Ocean

FOREIGN POLICY

A dozen envoys collect awards for public diplomacy performance

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

Advocates call for feds to provide more detail on response to Uganda’s harsh new anti-LGBTQ law

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Intel briefings should prioritize digital hygiene, mitigation against foreign interference over specific threats, says former DND analyst

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Australian soldiers’ war crimes and the challenging pursuit of justice

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

health

COVID-19 may affect patient response to medicines

OpinionBY CHUKWUNONSO NWABUFO

Poilievre wants ‘culture war between elites and common sense’ on safe supply: Tory pundit Powers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Health Committee tries to cut through contradictions and confusion over reforms to drug prices regulator

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

When the law fails to protect public health: opposing the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

OpinionBY TIM TAKARO, JOHN ABBOTTS

Industry and Manufacturing

Stellantis holding governments ‘to ransom’ with threat to pull out of Windsor battery plant, says environmental advocate

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Automakers aren’t serious about the all-electric future

OpinionBY NATE WALLACE

It’s a generational moment for the life science industry

OpinionBY GORDON C. MCCAULEY

Frank McKenna: New Brunswick leads the way

OpinionBY FRANK MCKENNA

infrastructure and transport

Seizing Canada’s opportunity in ongoing EV battery negotiations

OpinionBY ROBERT DIMITRIEFF, GORD DIMITRIEFF

Top finance official defends Infrastructure Bank from accusations of ‘cosiness’ with private consultants

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Everything, everywhere, all at once

OpinionBY DAVID ADAMS

A focus on water can lessen climate change’s burn

OpinionBY JOSéE MéTHOT

innovation

Members of new tech caucus pledge to work across party lines so Parliamentarians aren’t ‘left in the dark’ by rapidly advancing AI

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

All we have to worry about is ‘generative AI’ killing millions of white-collar jobs

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

With artificial intelligence, the sky really is about to fall

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Put security at the forefront as tech changes how Canadians connect with their money

OpinionBY SASHA KRSTIC

intergovernmental

Smith’s win ‘complicates’ climate change debate for Ottawa, but Trudeau may gain from provincial sparring partner, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

No matter who forms government, oil and gas has won the Alberta election

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Feds should absorb retroactive RCMP staffing costs, say NDP MP Johns and Conservative MP Falk

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Firefighting an election campaign

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

justice

Proposed bail reform could harm rather than protect Canadians

OpinionBY EMILIE COYLE

What if we rebuilt the curriculum for policing in Canada?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Canada’s extradition law desperately needs reform

OpinionBY MICHELLE WEINROTH

Conservative attacks ignore bail’s role as effective ‘tool of public safety,’ says NDP justice critic

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Labour & employment

Budget should bolster commitment to workers in changing economy

OpinionBY SEAN STRICKLAND

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

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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

Lobbying

‘More prescriptive’ lobbyists’ code of conduct to come into force in July

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Environmental racism bill among concerns before top-lobbied Energy Minister Wilkinson in first quarter of 2023

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Post-employment waivers for staffers stalled until new ethics commissioner is chosen

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Disability benefit and gun control bills could rank high for Liberal priorities prior to summer break, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

natural resources and energy

What’s critical to critical minerals?

OpinionBY AMMAR AL-JOUNDI

Free, prior, and informed consent from Inuit is fundamental to reconciliation

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

The clean energy transition is underway with hydrogen and critical minerals

OpinionBY BRUNO POLLET

Investing in Canada’s growth includes hydrogen and precious metals

OpinionBY KAREN ZIEGLER

Women, Gender and Diversity

Do emergency plans really protect women?

OpinionBY KAREN CAMPBELL

‘Act before it gets worse’: advocates call for feds to keep the LGBTQ2S+ community safe as Pride approaches

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Anti-Islamophobia rep calls for proactive measures to protect Canada’s Muslim communities amid rising hate-motivated attacks

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The CRA’s reliance on biased sources can perpetuate Islamophobia

OpinionBY MOHAMMED IQBAL ALNADVI

Indigenous Relations

Economic reconciliation requires nation-building investment in the Arctic

OpinionBY NUNAVUT PREMIER P.J. AKEEAGOK

Macdonald-Laurier Institute event explores the significance for Canada of the Vatican’s repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

The House calls it a national emergency, but will there be action?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

FMA amendments support better futures for First Nations communities

OpinionBY HAROLD CALLA

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