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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

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.

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

Team Canada has an information problem

opinionBY TONY LABILLOIS, ALAIN DUDOIT

Make icebreakers the new Canadian specialty

opinionBY JAMIE CARROLL
Tim Hodgson

Industry can weather tariff storm by improving energy efficiency

opinionBY BRENDAN HALEY

Canada is missing a golden opportunity to help consumers recognize Canadian products

opinionBY DAVID CAPE

The engineering behind the $70-billion grid: what Labrador actually requires

opinionBY HOSSEIN BONAKDARI
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Industrial benefits program’s move to Defence Investment Agency a ‘big deal’ that will speed procurement, ex-bureaucrats say

newsBY IREM KOCA

Previously housed under ISED, the Industrial and Technological Benefits program is estimated to contribute more than $5-billion to the country’s GDP and more than 40,400 jobs annually.

Aerospace industry pushes for Transport Canada certification process to keep up with expanded defence spending; Joly top-lobbied minister in July

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
Mélanie Joly

Here’s why South Africa’s EV environment should wake up Ottawa

opinionBY WENRAN JIANG

Carney’s nuclear strategy ‘ambitious,’ but leaves questions about tighter regulatory regime, financing, say experts

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

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

newsBY SARAH J. HARB
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

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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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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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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