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Biotechnology

Canada needs to ‘amp it up’ in wake of competitive U.S. and Chinese pharma policies, says Innovative Medicines Canada CEO

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

‘Where is R&D flourishing right now? It’s not in the U.S. It’s not in Europe. It’s in China,’ says IMC’s Bettina Hamelin at Canada’s Drug Agency’s annual symposium.

Mélanie Joly

Canada has a national asset in life sciences. Now what?

opinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

ISED’s trimming of Strategic Science Fund dollars proves feds not investing more in science, says Conservative MP Baldinelli

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

ISED cuts $20-million from Strategic Science Fund nearly two years after signing agreements with recipients

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Geopolitical tensions show need for more made-in-Canada medicines, pharma stakeholders tell House Health Committee

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada’s missing life sciences industrial strategy is leaving economic growth on the table

opinionBY MICHELLE MCLEAN

PMPRB closes all open drug-pricing investigations before implementing new guidelines on Jan. 1

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Bloc joins push for mandatory labelling of genetically engineered foods

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction

opinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

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Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

The House Health Committee is looking into the links between immigration and health human resources shortages. But Liberal MP Mark Powlowski says the Conservatives’ language on this ‘ticks’ him off as it suggests the problem in health care is a result of too many immigrants, which ‘is clearly wrong.’

Turning innovation into impact: Canada’s biotech advantage

opinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

‘Cutting red tape,’ mental health and primary care on the health docket this fall

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Marjorie Michel

Canada at risk of collateral damage in U.S. drug pricing war

opinionBY ANNETTE ROBINSON

Donald Trump

U.S. tariffs on pharmaceuticals could complicate an already complex supply chain

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

A different ‘philosophy’ steers new drug pricing guidelines, says top PMPRB bureaucrat after contentious path to rule changes

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Theresa Tam

Canada’s next top doctor must be a ‘focal point’ for public health amid changes in the U.S., concerns about next pandemic

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

From momentum to leadership: securing Canada’s biotech future

opinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Minister of Health Mark Holland speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2024.

The prescription for Canada’s health care future

opinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Agriculture

Trade, trust, and traceability: securing Canada’s food sovereignty

opinionBY JOHN SIMPSON

From pulses to power: why plant-based agriculture is smart trade policy

opinionBY COLIN SARAVANAMUTTOO

Food affordability isn’t the problem, it’s a symptom

opinionBY DANA MCCAULEY

Farmers must be protected from climate chaos

opinionBY ELIZABETH MAY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Visiting MPs hope to see a permanent military presence for Canada in Latvia

featureBY NEIL MOSS

Feds propose $2-billion for mission training Ukrainian troops, appearing to expand operation

newsBY NEIL MOSS

The Navy’s future fleet wish-list is only half the equation

opinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Vaccines are Canada’s front-line defence

opinionBY SHELITA DATTANI

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Environment

We can do better than pitting carbon pricing against oil development

opinionBY MICHAEL BERNSTEIN

Can Canada’s Species at Risk Act protect endangered wildlife on federal land?

opinionBY LYNN JONES

Fort McMurray’s legacy: a warning for Ottawa as climate-driven disasters continue to escalate

opinionBY SUSAN PENWARDEN

Unlocking economic growth through social purpose

opinionBY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, MIKE ROWLANDS

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FINANCE

Top takeaways from the spring financial update

listBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Suspending the fuel excise tax helps Canadians, but retailers can’t be left holding the bill

opinionBY PETER KILTY

Environment groups slam tax credits for enhanced oil recovery, but also welcome international climate funding in Champagne’s fiscal document

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Feds propose $2-billion for mission training Ukrainian troops, appearing to expand operation

newsBY NEIL MOSS

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Fisheries and oceans

‘It’s reconciliation’: Green Leader May endorses feds’ agreement with Musqueam Nation as minister clarifies private property concerns

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Defending Canada, where ocean capability runs deep

opinionBY KENDRA MACDONALD

Nearly 2,000 jobs and $1.5-billion to be cut across five departments by 2030, PBO analysis shows

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Joanne Thompson

Canada’s plan to boost its economy must include rebuilding wild fisheries

opinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

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FOREIGN POLICY

Visiting MPs hope to see a permanent military presence for Canada in Latvia

featureBY NEIL MOSS

As Mexico and U.S. are set to start the CUSMA review, Canada continues waiting game

newsBY NEIL MOSS

A Kenyan president’s misstep, and speaking English badly

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

The 25 people on Carney’s Canada-U.S. Economic Advisory Council

featureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

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health

Canadians deserve access to safer vaping products, flavours and all: letter writer

opinion

Vaccines are Canada’s front-line defence

opinionBY SHELITA DATTANI

‘Five long years’: health groups push Ottawa to finalize 2021 draft rules on vaping flavours ban

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada needs to ‘amp it up’ in wake of competitive U.S. and Chinese pharma policies, says Innovative Medicines Canada CEO

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Industry and Manufacturing

‘The time is now’: Artemis II and launch investment push Canada toward a more sovereign future in space

newsBY SARAH J. HARB

The Port of Churchill’s expansion is inevitable, but destroying polar bear habitat is not

opinionBY ALYSA MCCALL

MOUs won’t fix Ontario’s auto-sector problems

opinionBY MICHAEL NITEFOR

The innovation test in the Arctic

opinionBY DAVID CRANE

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infrastructure and transport

The next era of aviation demands a new generation of skills

opinionBY SUZANNE KEARNS, GüLNAZ BüLBüL

Competition is not the answer for improving the Canadian airline industry

opinionBY GERAINT HARVEY

Can Canada’s aerospace education system meet the coming demand?

opinionBY FIDEL KHOULI

Financing the flight path: breaking duopolies and building green infrastructure in Canadian aviation

opinionBY THOMAS WALKER

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innovation

Evan Solomon

Digital public infrastructure is now a nation-building question for Canada

opinionBY KEILLER ZED, GILES SUTHERLAND

Canada needs to ‘amp it up’ in wake of competitive U.S. and Chinese pharma policies, says Innovative Medicines Canada CEO

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canadian satellite firms say they’re looking forward to launching from home soil under Bill C-28

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Avi Lewis

Who will wean us from the bosom of big business?

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

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intergovernmental

Why does Canada feel so corrupt?

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

Things fall apart: Premier Doug Ford, eight years on

opinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Nutrition North Canada review must be grounded in northern realities

opinionBY DAN MCCONNELL

Immigration and the survival of French are tied in Quebec

opinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

We’re a grownup country or we aren’t, fix the courts

opinionBY MATT GURNEY

The Supreme Court’s Bill 21 challenge

opinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Bill C-16 raises concerns about court delays, but also offers improved protections for victims, say legal experts

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canadian internet companies say their livelihood depends on changes to Copyright Act, but Ottawa hasn’t taken action

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE

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Labour & employment

‘There’s zero clarity’: Ottawa’s reworked transit fund leaves municipalities and agencies in limbo

newsBY SARAH J. HARB

Mark Carney

Carney’s affordability Achilles’ heel

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

Can Canada’s aerospace education system meet the coming demand?

opinionBY FIDEL KHOULI

Building a strong Canada means not leaving people with disabilities behind

opinionBY KRISTA CARR

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Lobbying

Former Liberal MP warns of unintended consequences to MP rights in Lobbying Act review: ‘if we continue down this road, you know where it ends? Ankle bracelets for lobbyists’

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Christiane Fox

Deputy minister broke conflict-of-interest rules by influencing hiring at IRCC, ethics commissioner finds

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Feds’ $20-billion submarine choice must go beyond economic concerns, say experts: ‘possibly one of the biggest defence procurement decisions Canada will make in decades’

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

MP sponsored travel failing to launch under new lobbying rules

newsBY STUART BENSON

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natural resources and energy

We can do better than pitting carbon pricing against oil development

opinionBY MICHAEL BERNSTEIN

Carney can do more to protect Canadians from economic storms resulting from global conflict

opinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

New Canada-Ecuador trade deal contradicts Prime Minister Carney’s human rights vision

opinionBY DARCY EYGUN

Tim Hodgson

Carney government’s ‘net-zero’ goal would require radical changes to oil and gas production

opinionBY ANNIKA SEGELHORST, ELMIRA ALIAKBARI

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Health equity does not happen by accident

opinionBY SUELYN KNIGHT

Addressing inequities in health for Black Canadians

opinionBY CATHERINE CARSTAIRS, FRANçOISE BAYLIS

Young Grits eye ‘unique’ leverage on generation-defining decisions

newsBY STUART BENSON

Canada won’t end gender-based violence until we prevent male violence

opinionBY LANA WELLS

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Indigenous Relations

Nutrition North Canada review must be grounded in northern realities

opinionBY DAN MCCONNELL

Unfulfilled promises: 2026 is an opportunity for Canada to deliver on its commitments to the Métis Nation

opinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

NAC’s Resident Chef program gives Indigenous cuisine a national stage

featureBY SARAH J. HARB

Expanding the Indigenous health workforce offers the federal government key policy wins

opinionBY IVY BOURGEAULT, KIENAN WILLIAMS

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