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Contracting controversies not yet a political pain point for the Liberals, but could develop, say politicos

InnovationBY IREM KOCA

• Government corruption or misuse of spending could be a greater concern for the public in a climate of exceptional inflation and slow economic growth,

Arctic security depends on follow-through on NORAD modernization promises, say defence experts

Defence & SecurityBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

What do pandemics and climate change have in common? They disrupt supply chains

EnvironmentBY JACKIE DAWSON

Canada playing catch-up with northern technological futures

IntergovernmentalBY KEN COATES, CARIN HOLROYD

Spread the word of 988 to save a life

HealthBY TIM POWERS

Indigenous Peoples are bearing the brunt of the North’s sky-high cost of living

Indigenous RelationsBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

The tuberculosis crisis in Canada’s North is a social justice issue

HealthBY RACHEL KIDDELL-MONROE

Reflections on the 125th anniversary of the Yukon Act

IntergovernmentalBY ISG SENATOR PAT DUNCAN

Salmon in the Yukon and Alaska is a disappearing way of life

Fisheries and OceansBY LIBERAL MP BRENDAN HANLEY

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Traditional knowledge usurped by politics: a missed opportunity

Indigenous RelationsBY SUSAN KUTZ

• As displayed at a recent House committee meeting, politicking and parliamentary procedures epitomized how far we still have to go if we want to

Google ‘outplayed and outmanoeuvered Ottawa’ on Online News Act deal, ‘outsourced’ problem of how to divide funding, say observers

HeritageBY IAN CAMPBELL

Good news story gets buried in anti-Trudeau wave

HeritageBY SHEILA COPPS

Canadians should be afraid of radiation: Frank Greening

Natural Resources and Energy

Canada doesn’t have climate leaders: Bill Henderson

Environment

Saskatchewan bill shows why the notwithstanding clause exists

IntergovernmentalBY DAVE SNOW

Tenants describe ‘dramatic erosion’ of existing affordable housing, call on feds to take action

Labour & EmploymentBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

National aerospace strategy needed to ‘tie it all together’ as industry rebounds from pandemic losses, say sector experts

Defence & SecurityBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

COP28 and climate science

EnvironmentBY GWYNNE DYER

AGRICULTURE

Bill C-275 overestimates risk of human-to-animal disease transmission

OpinionBY DAT NGUYEN

The real threat to our food supply and public health is lack of regulation

OpinionBY RIANA TOPAN

Animal rights activists threaten our health and food supply

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

Unjust, unwise, and unconstitutional: Bill C-275 has no place in Canada

OpinionBY RIANA TOPAN

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Biotechnology

Talent shortage a priority for biotech sector emerging from pandemic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s place in the world of biotechnology research and application is in jeopardy

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Can biotechnology put patients’ needs ahead of profits?

OpinionBY SHARON BATT

Seizing the moment: building Canada’s academic leadership into a commercial powerhouse

OpinionBY GORDON C. MCCAULEY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Keep the pressure on to ensure CAF misconduct isn’t swept under the rug

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Gun control is a women’s issue

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR, AJA MASON

A lost opportunity for ‘pragmatic diplomacy’

OpinionBY PAUL MEYER

A ‘no-Nazi’ policy for our military partners should be a low bar to clear

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

It’s time to unleash Canada’s energy advantage

OpinionBY LISA BAITON

The Federal Court decision to overturn the single-use plastic ban is a step backwards for the planet—and our health

OpinionBY BRAD LISKI

Environmental advocates push back against ‘loopholes’ and ‘false solutions’ at UN climate conference

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Transitioning to a low-carbon world is one of the great game-changing challenges of our generation, but Liberals have failed to sell it

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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FINANCE

To address the affordability crisis, Parliamentarians should support Bill C-56 and back unions to counterbalance corporate power

OpinionBY DT COCHRANE

Missing the point of Freeland’s what-have-we-got-to-lose mini-budget

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Trudeau government keeps violating self-imposed fiscal rules

OpinionBY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO

It’s always the economy, and we’re not stupid

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

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Fisheries and oceans

On World Ocean Day, let’s celebrate the thing that connects us all

OpinionBY LOUIE PORTA

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

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FOREIGN POLICY

Indigenous human rights are not second-class rights

OpinionBY NATAN OBED

China: has the moment arrived?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Shaken, then stirred: wardrobe malfunctions during a natural disaster

OpinionBY ANDREW ELLIOTT

CUSMA and friends? Costa Rican trade minister makes pitch to join North American pact

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

One investment in the 2024 federal budget would make a difference in the lives of 12 million Canadians

OpinionBY LAURA SYRON

Who cares for the carers?

OpinionBY OWEN CHARTERS AND ALINE NIZIGAMA

Our government is failing Canadians regarding their end-of-life rights

OpinionBY NORMA GREENAWAY, SHERRY MORAN

‘Goodwill’ remains on both sides in pharmacare talks, despite political pressures facing Liberals and NDP, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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Industry and Manufacturing

‘Soon’ can’t come quickly enough for floundering Liberals

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Zero-emission vehicle industry can drive return on battery investments

OpinionBY MATTHEW FORTIER

Liberal proposals on competition and food price inflation draw mixed reviews from experts

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

ESG is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

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infrastructure and transport

Catalyzing the opportunity of the North Pacific green corridor

OpinionBY IAN ANDERSON

How do we create cities where everyone can thrive?

OpinionBY AMY JUSCHKA, TESICCA TRUONG, AND SHAUNA SHORTT

Budget and community involvement among concerns facing high-frequency rail project between Ontario and Quebec

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Will high-frequency rail be the death knell for VIA?

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

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innovation

An aerospace strategy for Canada is key to unlocking our full potential

OpinionBY MIKE MUELLER

Reducing aviation’s CO2 emissions challenging but not impossible

OpinionBY DAVID ZINGG

Bill C-27 lacking transparency for private-sector, AI privacy intrusions

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Rethinking the government’s cloud technology

OpinionBY JEFF EWIN

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intergovernmental

Is this the beginning of the end for François Legault?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Liberal MP McDonald says he’s rebuffed Conservatives’ overtures three times, but won’t rule out crossing the floor or sitting as an Independent

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

The significant and existential threat to Arctic sovereignty from climate change

OpinionBY NDP MP LINDSAY MATHYSSEN

Arctic disputes won’t all be solved with more arms

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON

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justice

Canadian government must legislate to promote online safety, says Facebook whistleblower

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Canada needs to take strong stand against war crimes in Israel-Hamas conflict: aid group

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Evidence points to the future success of Bill C-21

OpinionBY NAJMA AHMED

Conservatives want committee study on RCMP decision not to pursue a criminal probe of Trudeau in SNC-Lavalin affair

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Labour & employment

The cost of not caring

OpinionBY ALLISON WILLIAMS

Fixing Canada’s problems will remain an uphill struggle until voters start holding provinces accountable

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Conservatives in no rush to pick at Liberal-NDP anti-scab legislation

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Government-sector job growth dwarfs rise in private-sector jobs across Canada

OpinionBY BEN EISEN

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Lobbying

RCMP commissioner to testify as House Ethics Committee probe into SNC-Lavalin decision begins

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Environment lobbying leads in October in advance of feds’ anticipated oil and gas cap

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘Vague’ decision by ethics office in conflict of interest case needs more details to guide MPs going forward, say public law experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Vehicle armour firm leads economic development advocacy in September

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Big costs sink flagship nuclear project and will sink future small modular reactor projects, too

OpinionBY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL

‘Everything is not going right for them’: feds’ confusing messaging on pause on home heating oil carbon pricing puts them ‘on the defensive,’ says Nanos

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Young leaders question Canada on nuclear disarmament

OpinionBY SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN AND AVINASHPALL SINGH

Revving up Canada’s energy independence: why biofuels incentives are vital

OpinionBY BOB LAROCQUE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Remembrance is not enough: action needed to address gendered violence in Canada

OpinionBY NICOLE LETOURNEAU

NDP-backed petition on trans rights surges as Tory Leader Poilievre strikes out at ‘Trudeau’s radical gender ideology’

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Bureaucratic efforts are just ‘diversity’ icing on a white cake

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Canada’s opportunity to lead on sustainable menstrual equity

OpinionBY LINDA BIGGS, LEISA HIRTZ, MADELEINE SHAW

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Indigenous Relations

Is it better to talk about unity and not practise it, or not talk about it at all? 

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Assembly of First Nations elects Cindy Woodhouse as new national chief

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

It’s time for feds to make amends for historical inadequacies of First Nation education

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM AND RON PHILLIPS

What is so surprising about the demand for ‘change’ in reconciliation?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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