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Indigenous Relations

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

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

• Protection for our land should not depend on the tireless work of individuals standing up to corporate interests when their government will not defend them.

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

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

• Protection for our land should not depend on the tireless work of individuals standing up to corporate interests when their government will not defend them.

Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

What if we rebuilt the curriculum for policing in Canada?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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

More Indigenous Guardians provide benefits for climate, nature, and reconciliation

OpinionBY VALéRIE COURTOIS

Media, Bill C-18, and Indigenous inclusion

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Natural Resources Transfer Agreements based on a fundamental misunderstanding of First Nations’ inherent rights

Opinion

• Governments must convene a first ministers conference with First Nations to initiate changes to the Canadian Constitution and recognize First Nations sovereignty in more than just words.

Natural Resources Transfer Agreements based on a fundamental misunderstanding of First Nations’ inherent rights

Opinion

• Governments must convene a first ministers conference with First Nations to initiate changes to the Canadian Constitution and recognize First Nations sovereignty in more than just words.

Indigenous leaders say Saskatchewan ‘woke up a sleeping giant’ by overstepping on critical minerals

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Preparing to grieve the lost children at residential institutions once again

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Leaks show releasing oilsands waters into the Athabasca River is not the best solution for tailings ponds

OpinionBY MELODY LEPINE

A guide to the end of the Doctrine of Discovery

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Poilievre’s promise to expand seal hunt is dubious politics, bad economics

OpinionBY SHERYL FINK

Imperial Oil to answer questions at House Environment Committee about tailings pond leaks, but Alberta regulator waiting for invitation

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

What gets lost in the rapid transition to electric vehicles?

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM

Economic reconciliation and Inuit self-determination must see funding in Budget 2023

OpinionBY KONO TATTUINEE, DAVID KAKUKTINNIQ, ANNE-RAPHAëLLE AUDOUIN

AGRICULTURE

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

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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

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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

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Environment

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

Logging in Canada is not sustainable and needs to change

OpinionBY MICHAEL POLANYI, JANET SUMNER

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

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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FINANCE

Trickle-down economics: the hoax that will not die

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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

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

OpinionBY SASHA KRSTIC

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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

Opinion

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Public interest in AI offers ‘unique moment’ for regulatory action

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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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

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justice

Proposed bail reform could harm rather than protect Canadians

OpinionBY EMILIE COYLE

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

International justice body, Canada under the microscope to address ‘credibility gaps’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Labour & employment

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

OpinionBY CATHERINE CONNELLY

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

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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

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

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

What’s critical to critical minerals?

OpinionBY AMMAR AL-JOUNDI

Feds turn to offshore oil regulators as ‘experienced hands’ to oversee offshore wind industry

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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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

Gender equality got left behind in the most recent budget

OpinionBY MAGGIE SAINTY

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Indigenous Relations

Fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity are risking community for the rest of us

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

From paternalism to partnership: how to close the Indigenous infrastructure gap

OpinionBY ERNIE DANIELS

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

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Energy transitions: away from diesel, or towards sovereignty?

OpinionBY SERASU DURAN, FEYZA G. SAHINYAZAN, JORDYN HRENYK, EMILY SALMON

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Exclusive lists

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022