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Defence & Security

Corrections cutting jobs as prison farm costs blow past $40-million

featureBY CALVIN NEUFELD

CUSMA negotiations may spell further trouble as the carceral agribusiness competes in Canada’s supply-managed dairy sector, and implicates prison labour in a supply chain of powdered milk exports.

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy, and new horizons for Japan–Canada relations

opinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

Snowbird squadron mothballed

opinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
Donald Trump

Collateral damage and the Canada-U.S. defence board freeze

opinionBY JOHN MCKAY

Canada is embarking on a decades-long procurement process that will reshape our Armed Forces

opinionBY ISG SENATOR MARTY DEACON

Canada is asking the wrong question

opinionBY MOHAMMAD AL ZAIBAK

Canada’s coming defence boom

opinionBY NICOLAS TODD

Defence Industrial Strategy’s Build-Partner-Buy should be a spectrum, not a sequence

opinionBY ANDREW ERSKINE, ALEXANDER LANDRY

Canada needs a fighter jet that propels our ability to defend North America

opinionBY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON
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Defence policy must be job creation policy

opinionBY ANDREW CARDOZO

We are defending our country, the future of our nation, and the next generation of Canada.

AI and defence procurement: the question of sovereignty and speed

opinionBY KATHERINE HAY

Canada needs to treat critical minerals as a national security asset

opinionBY MARK SELBY

Defence industrial strategy ‘ambitious,’ but Canada may not have time to wait, say defence sector experts

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

More ships must meet the Polar Code before entering our Arctic

opinionBY PIERRE LEBLANC

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy will succeed or fail in the procurement office

opinionBY ELIOT PENCE

Opposition MPs slam feds’ ‘absolutely mind-boggling’ Lawful Access Act: ‘go back to the drawing board’

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Democratizing defence procurement is worth imagining

opinionBY DAVID PIERCE

Pentagon’s ‘cancellation’ of Canada-U.S. defence board could have ‘ripple effects’ on major procurements, says former co-chair

newsBY IREM KOCA
Agriculture

How Canada keeps toxic pesticides on the market

opinionBY BRUCE LANPHEAR

What Denmark can teach Canada about the future of food

opinionBY COLIN SARAVANAMUTTOO, JEPPE JUUL PETERSEN

Canada’s fields are ready for AI, but is Ottawa?

opinionBY SHAUN VEY

If Canada wants to lead in AI, it can’t ignore agriculture

opinionBY DARRELL PETRAS
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Biotechnology

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
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Environment

The federal government has gone all-in on fossil fuels

opinionBY TIM GRAY

Canada’s climate change policies, programs can be more effective if we work with nature in addition to moving away from fossil fuels

opinionBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY, LYNN JONES

The federal government can—and should—make our world a bit less toxic this spring

opinionBY CASSIE BARKER

Carney’s climate climb-down a win for Alberta, but the benefit for everyone else is unclear

opinionBY SUSAN RILEY
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FINANCE

Canada’s knowledge-based economy isn’t ready

opinionBY DAVID CRANE

Canada’s new climate finance pledge faces COP31’s credibility test

opinionBY LOLADE OZOMOGE

More and more Canadians are declaring insolvency, which is kind of perverse good news for Conservatives

opinionBY MATT GURNEY

Q&A | Backlogs and complex pay rules bring risk to Phoenix replacement, says AG Hogan

featureBY PETER MAZEREEUW
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Fisheries and oceans

Feds’ ‘radio silence’ on fish-farm ban undermining trust, economic reconciliation, say wild salmon and aquaculture advocates

newsBY STUART BENSON

‘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
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FOREIGN POLICY

Now, more than ever, Canada must strengthen co-operation with Mexico to protect rights and sovereignty

opinionBY KATHY PRICE
Donald Trump

U.S. sanctions on Cuba are an assault on Canadian sovereignty. Where is our government?

opinionBY NICK GOTTLIEB

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy, and new horizons for Japan–Canada relations

opinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

Corrections cutting jobs as prison farm costs blow past $40-million

featureBY CALVIN NEUFELD
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health

Women need better health care. A national framework can help deliver it

opinionBY MARGOT BURNELL, MARCIA CLARK, SARAH COOK

Public health and safety are just not a priority on the federal transparency front

opinionBY KEN RUBIN

The federal government can—and should—make our world a bit less toxic this spring

opinionBY CASSIE BARKER

Conservative MP, experts call for broad review of COVID-19 decision-making to help prepare for next major health threat

newsBY TESSIE SANCI
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Industry and Manufacturing

Canada’s knowledge-based economy isn’t ready

opinionBY DAVID CRANE

Beyond fear-mongering: the pragmatic case for engaging with China on electric vehicles

opinionBY WENRAN JIANG

‘A major capitulation’: climate groups slam Ottawa-Alberta pipeline deal, but energy rep says it’s not ‘urgent’ enough

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Canada’s trades strategy tackles the pipeline, but misses the system

opinionBY FRéDéRIQUE TSAI-KLASSEN, EMILY FEAIRS
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infrastructure and transport

Toronto Liberal MPs need to prioritize constituents over jets in Billy Bishop Airport battle

opinionBY CHRISTOPHER HOLCROFT

NDP, Bloc MPs says feds should impose Buy Canadian policy on Via Rail contract to prevent buying new trains from foreign supplier

newsBY IREM KOCA

Canadian technology scorecard: are we winning or losing?

opinionBY DAVID ZINGG

Regional air service is essential infrastructure and Canada must treat it that way

opinionBY JULIE MAILHOT
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innovation

Did Taiwan steal the chips?

opinionBY HARRY H.J. TSENG

Canada’s knowledge-based economy isn’t ready

opinionBY DAVID CRANE

AI is coming at Parliament and government fast, and MPs need to set up guardrails

opinionBY DONALD SAVOIE

AI and defence procurement: the question of sovereignty and speed

opinionBY KATHERINE HAY
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intergovernmental

Alberta Premier Smith has opened up a Pandora’s box of dangers arising from the referendum question which she may not control

opinionBY ERROL MENDES
Danielle Smith

Canada’s separatist spring precedes the fall

opinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

MPs champion unity in face of Alberta referendum, but Conservatives say quick vote needed to ‘get it over and done with’

newsBY ELEANOR WAND, AIDAN RAYNOR, MARLO GLASS

When the bad kid gets all the attention, how long before the good kid revisits their options?

opinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS
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justice

Spending to outsource legal work more than doubled in the last decade as hundreds of internal positions stayed vacant: government data

newsBY IREM KOCA

Bill C-22 reveals a troubling trend with the Carney government

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

Prison watchdog post remains vacant months after former investigator’s early exit

newsBY MARLO GLASS

‘She’d be able to walk into the job tomorrow’: former judge Louise Arbour a ‘safe pick’ for governor general, say politicos

newsBY ELEANOR WAND
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Labour & employment

Fighting forced labour and CUSMA

opinionBY JOHN MCKAY, PSG SENATOR JULIE MIVILLE-DECHêNE

Education is Canada’s strategic middle-power advantage

opinionBY DAVID BOROTO, MICHAEL SHELDRICK, AMIT HOODA

Canada’s economy runs on care. Our policies haven’t caught up

opinionBY LIV MENDELSOHN, JAMES JANEIRO

Canada’s trades strategy tackles the pipeline, but misses the system

opinionBY FRéDéRIQUE TSAI-KLASSEN, EMILY FEAIRS
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Lobbying

Lobbying Act review: House Ethics Committee hears transparency and registration burden concerns

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Aerospace industry advocates argue for ‘coast to coast’ supply chain as Ottawa finalizes review of $27-billion fighter jet purchase

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Toronto Liberal MPs need to prioritize constituents over jets in Billy Bishop Airport battle

opinionBY CHRISTOPHER HOLCROFT

Alberta MPs, Senators call for stricter privacy laws in wake of ‘egregious, horrific’ Alberta data breach

newsBY ELEANOR WAND
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natural resources and energy

Electrifying Canada is a path to national prosperity

opinionBY JATIN NATHWANI, KAM MOFID

Breaking down the Ottawa-Alberta deal on industrial carbon pricing

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA
Tim Hodgson

Momentum in cutting red tape is making mining in Canada more attractive to investors

opinionBY PIERRE GRATTON

All hat, no oil: who pays for a new Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline?

opinionBY LES WHITTINGTON
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Women, Gender and Diversity

When girls play, the whole world wins

opinionBY HAYLEY WICKENHEISER, CAITLIN GOGGIN

Prime minister, don’t take women’s support for granted

opinionBY SHEILA COPPS

With one-year external review of Nutrition North a no-show, Northern Affairs Minister Chartrand says she’ll move ahead with reforms

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada’s trades strategy tackles the pipeline, but misses the system

opinionBY FRéDéRIQUE TSAI-KLASSEN, EMILY FEAIRS
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Indigenous Relations

Two MPs rescind requests to remove Indigenous references from federal riding names

newsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Indigenous businesses can build a role in Canada’s defence supply chains

opinionBY MICHAEL FOX

With one-year external review of Nutrition North a no-show, Northern Affairs Minister Chartrand says she’ll move ahead with reforms

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

How to level up reconciliation in this era

opinionBY ROSE LEMAY
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