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Biotechnology

Pharmacare for all: we cannot wait for the next health crisis

opinionBY NDP MP GORD JOHNS

Our health-care system should not be a patchwork where some Canadians can access the medicine they need while others are left behind.

Bridging Canada’s life sciences gap: from world-class research to sovereign anchor companies

opinionBY ELLIOT FUNG

Mélanie Joly

Canada has invested in science. Now it must capture the economic benefits

opinionBY CATE MURRAY, MAURA CAMPBELL, JEFF SMIRLE, PENNY WALSH

Biotech sovereignty: Canada’s next strategic imperative

opinionBY MAURA CAMPBELL

Canadian health data is a valuable national resource

opinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

Biotechnology: the brain gain arrives at an empty treasury

opinionBY ADAM DAMRY

Canada’s biotechnology ambitions need more than capital

opinionBY ROB HENDERSON

Marjorie Michel

Canada’s biotech boom won’t matter if the growth happens somewhere else

opinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Biotech success should not be measured in whether every Canadian company remains Canadian-owned

opinionBY PIETER CULLIS, TERRI PETKAU

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Canada losing ground in global life sciences race, needs quicker funding and harmonized clinical trials system, say sector experts

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A promised $1-billion in the 2025 budget for the Venture and Growth Capital Catalyst Initiative—a program that includes a life sciences stream—has yet to begin flowing, according to Wendy Zatylny, president of BIOTECanada.

Is Canada ready for the promise and price of gene therapies?

opinionBY PETER ZHANG

Feds announce first Defence Industrial Strategy-related medical countermeasures project with $75-million for Canadian Blood Services

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

CEPI CEO pitches his 100-day vaccine development project amid hantavirus outbreak

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

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

Agriculture

Canada needs to strengthen food security before the next tariff shock

opinionBY LORI NIKKEL

CFIA vows to beef up inspection with 250 jobs while hundreds of staff remain in limbo

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

Pricier packaging, protecting food sovereignty top CUSMA concerns for food sector advocates

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Good agricultural policy can still fail without public trust

opinionBY LISA BISHOP-SPENCER

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Space war and other distractions

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

What’s Canada’s role as Ukraine redounds to victory?

opinionBY STAN KUTCHER

It’s time to start talking tough

opinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Canada’s enemies have evolved, but our national security culture has not

opinionBY PHIL GURSKI

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Environment

‘Gutted’ environment assessments part of Carney’s ‘deregulation agenda,’ warn climate groups

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Want a ticket to heartbreak? Try being Mark Carney’s environment minister

opinionBY SUSAN RILEY

‘We need to be aware and get more aggressive’: Trump’s desire for Canada’s water runs deep, says AquaAction president

newsBY STUART BENSON

It’s time to stop sugar-coating the climate crisis

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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FINANCE

Canada’s investment moment demands national resolve

opinionBY JASON HATCHER

Investment summit a show of unity, but now Carney must deliver on ambition, politicos say

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Carney pitches ‘brighter future’ at Investment Summit as observers laud tax cut

newsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

‘We’re not even part of the discussion,’ says transport union after Carney opens airports to private investment

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

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Fisheries and oceans

Staffing Canada’s lighthouses a costly anachronism

opinionBY NICK COGHLAN

NRCan workforce cuts raise questions about Canada’s future wildfire-mapping capacity, union says: ‘climate resilience is not built at an emergency press conference when the fires are out there’

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

A 55 per cent jump in the northern cod catch rate is not gradual

opinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Plastic sunset: Canada has a generational chance to protect the oceans while boosting the economy

opinionBY SAMANTHA BLACKWELL, CHLOë CHANG, KEVIN LANDRINI, AND CLARE PRICE, KAI CHAN

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FOREIGN POLICY

Space war and other distractions

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

What’s Canada’s role as Ukraine redounds to victory?

opinionBY STAN KUTCHER

Jamaica hoists its colours

featureBY SAM GARCIA

Morocco celebrates national holiday

featureBY SAM GARCIA

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health

Pharmacare for all: we cannot wait for the next health crisis

opinionBY NDP MP GORD JOHNS

Bridging Canada’s life sciences gap: from world-class research to sovereign anchor companies

opinionBY ELLIOT FUNG

Mélanie Joly

Canada has invested in science. Now it must capture the economic benefits

opinionBY CATE MURRAY, MAURA CAMPBELL, JEFF SMIRLE, PENNY WALSH

Biotech sovereignty: Canada’s next strategic imperative

opinionBY MAURA CAMPBELL

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Industry and Manufacturing

Canada losing ground in global life sciences race, needs quicker funding and harmonized clinical trials system, say sector experts

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Federal relief programs must ‘work at the ground level,’ say sector reps, as trade war escalates

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

After the failure of trade talks, Canada has to push forward and build

opinionBY JAY KHOSLA, YIOTA KOKKINOS

Forward-looking Canadian energy policy needed against President Trump’s authoritarian moves

opinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

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infrastructure and transport

Canada’s investment moment demands national resolve

opinionBY JASON HATCHER

‘We’re not even part of the discussion,’ says transport union after Carney opens airports to private investment

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Canada courting ‘huge’ capital, but economists question if Carney summit can ‘match the ambition’

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Building an investment-ready Canada

opinionBY JENNIFER ANGEL, PETER WELTMAN

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innovation

Space war and other distractions

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Digital Transformation Canada needs to start fresh

opinionBY AMANDA CLARKE

Millions of driver’s licences were allegedly listed for sale on the dark web. What does it mean for Canada’s coming social media age ban?

newsBY MARIA COLLINS

Canada must not tilt the ice in favour of foreign streamers

opinionBY KEVIN DESJARDINS

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intergovernmental

Canada’s investment moment demands national resolve

opinionBY JASON HATCHER

The summer of strife has some lessons hiding in plain sight

opinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

Does St-Pierre Plamondon want to be like Carney?

opinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Escalating Canada-U.S. trade war likely to help federalist side in Alberta referendum, say political players

newsBY ABBAS RANA

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justice

Open discrimination complaints jump 51 per cent as Human Rights Commission faces spending cuts

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

Excessive secrecy for Supreme Court-related records part of growing black hole engulfing access

opinionBY KEN RUBIN

Feds cite ‘immediate and present-day harm’ to U.S. ties as court orders release of some Nazi resettlement records

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Supreme Court of Canada takes over new digs

featureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Labour & employment

Rechie Valdez

Canada wants women at work. Our institutions still assume they are at home

opinionBY YUSRA QADIR

Canada’s biotechnology ambitions need more than capital

opinionBY ROB HENDERSON

Canada should consider a ‘tit-for-tat’ response to U.S. procurement ban that ‘breaches’ international trade agreements, say experts

newsBY IREM KOCA

As Ottawa courts global capital, Invest in Canada faces questions over capacity and public benefit

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

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Lobbying

Federal relief programs must ‘work at the ground level,’ say sector reps, as trade war escalates

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Trade war lobbying ‘all-consuming and exhausting,’ but we are ‘made for moments like this,’ say lobbyists

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Registration-by-default proposal could impact small groups as Lobbying Act review resumes this fall, say Imagine Canada, GRIC

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

National security threat from superintelligent AI ‘currently unaddressed’ in national AI strategy, warns advocacy group

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

‘Gutted’ environment assessments part of Carney’s ‘deregulation agenda,’ warn climate groups

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Mark Carney

Low-interest finance can ease pocket-book pressure from high energy costs

opinionBY JANA ELBRECHT, BRENDAN HALEY

‘We need to be aware and get more aggressive’: Trump’s desire for Canada’s water runs deep, says AquaAction president

newsBY STUART BENSON

After the failure of trade talks, Canada has to push forward and build

opinionBY JAY KHOSLA, YIOTA KOKKINOS

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Rechie Valdez

Canada wants women at work. Our institutions still assume they are at home

opinionBY YUSRA QADIR

Inclusion builds Canada strong: now is the time to double down

opinionBY MICHAëLLE JEAN

A university student’s cautionary note on AI in classrooms

opinionBY ALIYAH DAYA

B.C. politics is in a race to the bottom

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

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Indigenous Relations

Meaningful Indigenous partnership starts at the policy table

opinionBY DELIAH BERNARD

Whatever we do next to build a sense of resolve, build it in the resilience of this land and Indigenous Peoples

opinionBY ROSE LEMAY

First Nations procurement authority aims to help feds’ Indigenous contracting woes, support Buy Canadian and defence spending targets, says new CEO Jamieson

newsBY IREM KOCA

B.C. politics is in a race to the bottom

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

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