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Foreign Policy

The future cost of Canada-EU’s LNG acceleration

opinionBY JOHANNE WHITMORE

It is time for leaders to answer to their earlier selves—not out of nostalgia, but because they once understood something essential: the climate emergency does not wait. Every decision that prolongs fossil dependence narrows the margin of manoeuvre available to future generations.

War in Ethiopia

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

The politics behind Carney’s rush to build

opinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Ottawa ASEAN group marks bloc’s 59th birthday

featureBY SAM GARCIA

Canada-Vietnam ties about more than just trade

opinionBY VINA NADJIBULLA

Turkey celebrates Victory Day

featureBY SAM GARCIA

EU ‘not a substitute’ for U.S. procurement, say industry sources eyeing Trump’s ban on Canadian goods

newsBY IREM KOCA

European Union flags.

A memorandum of our understanding on ‘associate’ status with the EU

opinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Europe has offered Canada only symbolic backing amid Trump’s threats—will that now change?

newsBY NEIL MOSS

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Wait grows for formal plan underpinning a new Canadian foreign policy

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Legitimacy and trust of Canadians in the country’s foreign policy is at the centre of the need to release a plan, say observers.

Carney’s campaign

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Restoring trust in the United Nations begins with Taiwan

opinionBY HARRY H.J. TSENG, SAMUEL BERRIDGE

Time to tighten military ties with Europe

opinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

‘Brain gain’ or a ‘remote possibility’? MPs weigh in on Canada’s future with the European Union

newsBY MARLO GLASS, ELEANOR WAND

U.S. President Trump has pegged Canadians all wrong

opinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Liberals enjoying strong public support over Canada-U.S. trade war, but final deal will determine Grit fortunes, say political players

newsBY ABBAS RANA

Canada-U.S. trade conflict is an old movie with new actors, but it’s now on the precipice of becoming genuinely ugly

opinionBY JOHN MCKAY

We must put aside differences and work together

opinionBY ROSEANN O’REILLY RUNTE

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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Biotechnology

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Wait grows for formal plan underpinning a new Canadian foreign policy

newsBY NEIL MOSS

David McGuinty

Why startups, SMEs, universities, and incubators must sit at the centre of Canada’s defence innovation strategy

opinionBY AARON JOHNSON

‘Canada is moving forward’ says defence minister, as feds partner with ‘trusted allies’ amid U.S. trade tensions

newsBY IREM KOCA

Time to tighten military ties with Europe

opinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Bill C-39 dismantles Canada’s environmental policy ‘beyond anything we’ve ever seen,’ say climate groups

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Fossil fuel expansion is ecocide: a crime against nature and humanity

opinionBY TREVOR HANCOCK

Canada and Europe: a natural partnership for a changing world

opinionBY CATHY ORLANDO

The green implications of the Canada Investment Summit’s pitch book

opinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

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FINANCE

Bill C-39 dismantles Canada’s environmental policy ‘beyond anything we’ve ever seen,’ say climate groups

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

House Finance Committee calls on government to ‘strengthen’ Online Streaming Act as public support for streamer payments grows

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE, PAUL PARK

Shafqat Ali

Minister Ali says operating cuts, red-tape reduction will drive Treasury Board’s fall agenda

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

How will Indigenous nations respond to Canada’s economic rupture?

opinionBY KATHERINE KOOSTACHIN

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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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health

Future of Emergency Treatment Fund up in the air as March 2027 deadline draws closer

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Pharmaceuticals, digital health data, and men and boys’ health top Minister Michel’s agenda this fall

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Feds announce $27-million for Campfire Circle’s camp for sick kids

featureBY ANDREW MEADE

First order of business for Parliament: the protection of our health-care workforce

opinionBY MICHELLE MCLEAN

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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

The politics behind Carney’s rush to build

opinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Giving away our future

opinionBY BARRY TCHIR

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

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innovation

The AI debate comes for political polling, and some say the industry is unprepared

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

House Finance Committee calls on government to ‘strengthen’ Online Streaming Act as public support for streamer payments grows

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE, PAUL PARK

Indigenous research is no longer a dirty word

opinionBY DAVID NEWHOUSE, JACQUELINE OTTMANN

Canada’s research advantage depends on what happens after discovery

opinionBY GABRIEL MILLER

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intergovernmental

‘Cynical’ and ‘opportunistic’ for B.C. Premier Eby to call election while opposition in shambles, say B.C. MPs

newsBY MARLO GLASS

B.C. Conservatives’ post-mortem offers lessons for Poilievre—if he chooses to learn them

opinionBY TIM POWERS

Smith will need more than tears to mask latest separation dodge

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

Pierre Paul-Hus

An appeal to Conservative Quebec MPs: follow the example of B.C. Conservative MLAs

opinionBY MICHAEL HUENEFELD

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justice

‘Is it enough?’ MPs interrogate RCMP top boss on efforts to hire 1,000 personnel

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Scrapping Cowansville prison’s education program short-sighted

opinionBY ISG SENATOR BERNADETTE CLEMENT

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

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Labour & employment

Shafqat Ali

Minister Ali says operating cuts, red-tape reduction will drive Treasury Board’s fall agenda

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

‘Overcorrected’ international student cap a challenge for attracting talent, say post-secondary education reps

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s universities can boost sovereignty by converting more research into impact

opinionBY SUSAN TIGHE

Building a deep bench: Canada needs to leverage its research advantage

opinionBY DAVID ROBINSON

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Lobbying

Independent businesses lobby for expanded federal supports as trade war heats up, and Joly top-lobbied minister in August

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

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

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

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Fossil fuel expansion is ecocide: a crime against nature and humanity

opinionBY TREVOR HANCOCK

The green implications of the Canada Investment Summit’s pitch book

opinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

‘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

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Canada is investing in the future. Women must help shape what comes next

opinionBY JULIE SAVARD-SHAW

Claudia Sheinbaum

What Canada can learn from Mexico

opinionBY FERNANDA SALAZAR MEJIA

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

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Indigenous Relations

How will Indigenous nations respond to Canada’s economic rupture?

opinionBY KATHERINE KOOSTACHIN

Indigenous research is no longer a dirty word

opinionBY DAVID NEWHOUSE, JACQUELINE OTTMANN

Future of Emergency Treatment Fund up in the air as March 2027 deadline draws closer

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Meaningful Indigenous partnership starts at the policy table

opinionBY DELIAH BERNARD

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EXCLUSIVE LISTS

Legislation the Carney Liberals plan to change for economic update measures

Top takeaways from the spring financial update

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

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Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

Take The Hill Times year-end news quiz

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more