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Will expanding Canada’s plutonium interests support the peaceful use of nuclear energy?

InnovationBY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL

• Small modular reactors are not going to solve these problems. On the contrary, adding plutonium separation to the Canadian nuclear industry's repertoire will create

Quality of journalism should be considered in eligibility for Bill C-18, says NDP MP

LobbyingBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Choosing the party leader: should it be left to the caucus?

Foreign PolicyBY MICHAEL HATFIELD

Broad application of cabinet confidence risks compromising NSICOP, says chair

Defence & SecurityBY NEIL MOSS

Canadians are in continuing denial of climate change

EnvironmentBY BILL HENDERSON

Conservatives look to raze Liberal stronghold in Newfoundland and Labrador

IntergovernmentalBY NEIL MOSS

Poor animal welfare a root cause of climate and biodiversity threats

EnvironmentBY MELISSA MATLOW

Closing a Charter loophole

IntergovernmentalBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Anglade’s resignation a sad end for a leader with wasted potential

IntergovernmentalBY ANDREW CADDELL

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Even with COVID receding, economic decision-making not getting any easier

HealthBY LES WHITTINGTON

• As Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has said, governments knew how to turn off the economy to try to slow the spread of

LAV story: Canada’s armoured vehicle leadership is a pipe dream

Defence & SecurityBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Pope barking up the wrong tree with condemnation of ‘childlike’ potentates

Foreign PolicyBY GWYNNE DYER

Canada bucks global trend on increasing immigration targets

ImmigrationBY SHEILA COPPS

Zelenskyy will no doubt be anxiously watching U.S. midterms on Nov. 8

Foreign PolicyBY MICHAEL HARRIS

China’s old ultra-high growth rate is never coming back

Foreign PolicyBY GWYNNE DYER

An independent Poland is the foundation of western security

Foreign PolicyBY MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI

‘Violent’ residential school denialism no longer ‘legitimate talking point’ after genocide motion, say Gazan, experts

Indigenous RelationsBY STUART BENSON

Are the world’s conservatives learning the right economics lesson?

Foreign PolicyBY JOSEPH INGRAM

AGRICULTURE

Thoughts for food: Ag Committee, Competition Bureau prepare dual studies into ‘greedflation,’ grocery sector

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Four decades later, global hunger still trending

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN, NYAMBURA GITHAIGA

We must seize the solution to food inflation and health-care shortages at our fingertips

OpinionBY MICHAEL GRAYDON

Feds should align fertilizer plan with farmers’ needs

OpinionBY ANDRE HARPE

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Biotechnology

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

Turning crisis into opportunity: a Canadian-made bio-revolution

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Rebuilding biotech sector requires diversified training, say researchers

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Transforming Canada’s defence capabilities needs to begin with a new approach to training and recruiting

OpinionBY JANA LEE MURRAY

Poilievre’s Conservatives should dig deep into $300-billion price tag for new Navy warships, not ‘gotcha’ issues of the past

OpinionBY ALAN WILLIAMS

Police ‘revisionism’ throwing analysts ‘under the bus,’ say natsec experts as MPs call on OPP to explain competing stories

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Defence committee to invite Anand for rare secret meeting on NORAD modernization

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Environment

The climate crisis is fundamentally unjust: Walsh

Opinion

Climate, Egypt, and the Amazon

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Who should pay to save humanity?

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

‘It’s going to happen’: Minister Guilbeault doubles down on conservation targets

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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FINANCE

Money for nothing?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Canada can do better than a $306-billion Surface Combatants price tag

OpinionBY ALAN WILLIAMS

Politics This Morning: Canada’s ambassador to Haiti to brief Foreign Affairs Committee

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Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO pushes back against calls for its abolishment

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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Fisheries and oceans

‘There’s no more time’: green light needed for swift movement on blue economy, says Sen. Galvez

NewsBY ALICE CHEN

New Fisheries Minister Murray has list of ‘urgent’ priorities to grapple with

NewsBY ALICE CHEN

Canadian fisheries: access and benefits at risk of slipping away?

OpinionBY JENNIFER SILVER

Provinces to blame for Canada’s broken international conservation promise

OpinionBY SANDRA SCHWARTZ

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FOREIGN POLICY

Haiti does not need gunboat diplomacy

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Elon Musk: the benign sociopath

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Advocates embrace potential for ‘systemic changes’ stemming from House committee report on health and IP, but opponents question study’s ‘premise’

FeatureBY IAN CAMPBELL

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

Governments are nipping the cannabis industry in the bud

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Committee report on vaccine equity calls for immediate review of Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime

FeatureBY IAN CAMPBELL

‘No consensus’: some Senators urge return of hybrid option in Red Chamber

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

NDP urges Senate to pass justice reform bill, begin countdown to drug-possession record suspension

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Industry and Manufacturing

Innovative post-secondary solutions will help solve Canada’s tech-sector skills shortage

OpinionBY JANE GOODYER

Politics This Morning: Anand visits Poland as Russian cruise missiles hammer Ukrainian cities

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Cheese remains sticking point in U.K. trade talks as Brits want to maintain access  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

We all want lower prices, but not on the backs of children and slaves

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR JULIE MIVILLE-DECHêNE AND LIBERAL MP JOHN MCKAY

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infrastructure and transport

New documents raise questions about Canada’s lengthy naval shipbuilding delays 

OpinionBY ALEX HOWLETT

The future of business success needs trade infrastructure

OpinionBY ROBIN GUY

How does Canada solve its sustainable infrastructure crisis?

OpinionBY RHONDA LENTON

Save the Canada Infrastructure Bank—from itself

OpinionBY MARK HANCOCK, NDP MP BONITA ZARRILLO

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innovation

Uncertain economic times call for modernized federal SR&ED program, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Countering the innovation brain drain

OpinionBY ALEXANDRA CUTEAN

Now is the time for Canada to lead in fostering global research collaborations that drive innovative solutions to grand challenges

OpinionBY TED HEWITT

Health data is good medicine for an improved health system

OpinionBY LOUISE BINDER AND JENNI WOODS

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intergovernmental

Inuit community supports Mary River Iron Mine expansion, says Baffinland

OpinionBY UDLU HANSON

Is a blue wave headed for the Rock?

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

So Ontario Premier Doug Ford doesn’t want to talk about it?

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Opposition parties can’t ignore Liberal ‘own goal’ in Nova Scotia shooting inquiry, but must show ‘discipline,’ says NDP strategist

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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justice

On Truth and Reconciliation Day, Liberals should reflect on past mistakes, resist urge to defend themselves: Blackstock

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Will true reconciliation ever happen?

OpinionBY CAROL MCBRIDE

Reconciling our history for the health of our future

OpinionBY TINA CAMPBELL

Looking to the next milestone in Métis reconciliation

OpinionBY MARGARET FROH

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Labour & employment

Building a more sustainable financial foundation for Canada’s universities and colleges

OpinionBY PETER MCINNIS

Here’s what’s still needed to drive innovation

OpinionBY MERIC GERTLER

Universities with expanded or refined online courses want more broadband access for students

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s growing applied research sector is full of promise

OpinionBY DENISE AMYOT

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Lobbying

Bill C-11 amendments must define role of ‘international service,’ says RCI action committee spokesperson

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘It’s not easy work’: Yasir Naqvi on how to get things done with government

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Ottawa mayoral candidates Mark Sutcliffe, Catherine McKenney garner high-profile endorsements as election day approaches

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Environment once again tops monthly lobbying as climate activists urge action in light of extreme weather events

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Canada must push harder to curb greenhouse gas emissions

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Enbridge deal with Indigenous groups in Alberta a model for Trans Mountain sale, say industry insiders

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

New report alleges federal government hiding true extent of Trans Mountain’s debt load

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

When it comes to funding zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, it’s time for Canada to step on the gas

OpinionBY ADAM THORN

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Diversity and inclusion promises ring hollow if racialized voices are shut out

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Global North’s whitelash brings fascism back in fashion

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Political parties have left women behind

OpinionBY JENNIFER M. PISCOPO

Politics This Morning: Liberals move forward on long-awaited plan for 2SLGBTQ+ people

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Indigenous Relations

AFN national chief’s First Nation looks to Canada Infrastructure Bank for funding to support critical minerals project

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Injustices are still a part of Indigenous Peoples’ experience

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

King Charles has opportunity to renounce Discovery Doctrine, says national chief, MPs

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Call to Action meant to break intergenerational impacts of residential schools still unanswered

OpinionBY GABRIELLE FAYANT

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