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innovation

Tech sector lobbying picks up with questions about new Ottawa agency for streamlining tech use, procurement

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Since Digital Transformation Canada’s launch, more than 40 tech firms began new registrations on the federal lobbyists’ registry, including CCX Technologies and Amazon Web Services Canada.

Tim Hodgson

When it comes to SMRs, new technology will help but what we really need is a plan

opinionBY NEIL ALEXANDER

Canada’s new open access policy is a win for science, with a bill for taxpayers

opinionBY RICHARD HAYMAN, STEFANIE HAUSTEIN, BRIANNE SELMAN, BRYN WILLIAMS-JONES

This is Canada’s water security moment

opinionBY SOULA CHRONOPOULOS

Agents of change create value, solve problems, and improve the world around them

opinionBY GUY LEVESQUE, OLEKSIY OSIYEVSKYY

Canada’s economic growth strategy should start in the field

opinionBY SHAUN VEY
Anita Anand

Canada’s export control regime is holding back business

opinionBY MATT MALONE

For a more affordable Canada, optimize electricity demand while building new supply

opinionBY KARI HYDE, KEVIN LOCKHART

Good ideas are not enough: three lessons for Canada’s global innovation leadership

opinionBY KARLEE SILVER
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AI moves fast, Canada’s innovation supports need to keep pace

opinionBY NATALIE ARTHURS

In AI, the window between a breakthrough and an outdated idea can be short. Canada’s innovation program needs to be built for that pace.

Canada is ready to build, now we need to scale

opinionBY TALEEB NOORMOHAMED
Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions Mélanie Joly speaks during a press conference at Ideal Roofing in Ottawa on Aug. 25, 2026, where the government announced its response to tariffs from the United States. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Innovation is a matter of governance, not a separate strategy

opinionBY DANIEL SCHWANEN

Innovation and private sector ‘not the enemy’ under Carney government, but tax reforms needed to support entrepreneurs, say innovation sector reps

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada doesn’t just need to mine more, we need to mine differently

opinionBY MIRCO WOJNAROWICZ

The quantum clock is running far faster than Canada’s plans

opinionBY BRUNO COUILLARD

Senators, experts push for public ownership of digital industries, AI data centres

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE

AI breakthroughs can make Canada far less vulnerable to trade shocks

opinionBY DANIELLE GOLDFARB

Canada has changed its trade strategy. Now we need to change how we build Canadian companies

opinionBY CHRIS BARTLETT
Agriculture

Canada’s major-projects focus needs an agricultural economic strategy

opinionBY JOHN SIMPSON

‘There’s nothing worse than uncertainty’: cattle sector looks to slow Mercosur trade stampede

newsBY STUART BENSON

Canada’s economic growth strategy should start in the field

opinionBY SHAUN VEY

Lobbyists push for tax changes in hydrogen production, phosphate mining in next federal budget

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
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Biotechnology

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
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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Firing back at Trump in the trade war

opinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Into the breach and into a different America

opinionBY JOHN MCKAY

Wainwright investigation must include ‘hard questions’ to ensure it doesn’t happen again, current and former military officials say

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Why we need answers about the Wainwright tragedy

opinionBY TIM POWERS
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Environment

Nature is an economic ally, not an obstacle

opinionBY EMILY MCMILLAN, AKAASH MAHARAJ

‘Work needed’ to develop policy around ‘regions of national interest,’ says impact assessment head

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

The reassessment of the Trudeau era

opinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Why the climate transition needs a more prominent place in Carney’s agenda

opinionBY JOSEPH INGRAM, AUGUSTO LOPEZ-CLAROS
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FINANCE

Bank of Canada hikes interest rate to contain inflation, but economists are split over timing

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Next budget will be one of toughest in recent years

opinionBY DAVID CRANE

Provincial-territorial health ministers ‘welcome’ extra year of mental health, home-care dollars, but want ‘assurance’ that longer deals are coming, says Manitoba minister

newsBY TESSIE SANCI
Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne makes an announcement at the Carling Avenue Canadian Tire in Ottawa on Sept. 2, 2026, about the government’s extension of the fuel excise tax holiday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Mounting federal debt ‘concerning,’ but economists say Canada’s finances are ‘sustainable’ ahead of Nov. 5 budget

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA
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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

Firing back at Trump in the trade war

opinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Baseless U.S. accusations of Canadian interference in midterm elections should stop

opinionBY EDITORIAL

Carney’s courting Turkey, but his opportunity is Armenia

opinionBY SHEILA PAYLAN

Canada must not abandon South Sudan

opinionBY BRIAN ADEBA
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Health

Public Health Agency recorded $331-million loss on damaged or expired emergency medical supplies: AG report

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

Are we designing progress around human well-being?

opinionBY JACOB BEAULIEU

Provincial-territorial health ministers ‘welcome’ extra year of mental health, home-care dollars, but want ‘assurance’ that longer deals are coming, says Manitoba minister

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Electricity in winter not a ‘convenience’ but ‘a matter of public safety,’ says Yukon energy minister, as territorial officials seek feds’ help to reduce energy poverty in the North

newsBY TESSIE SANCI
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Industry and Manufacturing

Ottawa wants regulators to take on more major project reviews. Are they equipped for the job?

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

Canada is ready to build, now we need to scale

opinionBY TALEEB NOORMOHAMED
Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions Mélanie Joly speaks during a press conference at Ideal Roofing in Ottawa on Aug. 25, 2026, where the government announced its response to tariffs from the United States. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Innovation is a matter of governance, not a separate strategy

opinionBY DANIEL SCHWANEN

Lobbyists push for tax changes in hydrogen production, phosphate mining in next federal budget

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
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infrastructure and transport

Canada needs building engineering expertise to deliver successful retrofits

opinionBY CAROLINE HACHEM-VERMETTE, HUA GE

To weather economic storms, Canada needs strong local partnerships

opinionBY TIM TIERNEY

When building big, Canada must maintain existing infrastructure

opinionBY MATTI SIEMIATYCKI

More power, faster decisions: Bill C-39 needs more transparency

opinionBY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE
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intergovernmental

Where is the PQ taking Quebec?

opinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Alberta referendum questions were ‘misleading,’ not ‘plain English,’ say NDP MP McPherson, Senator Simons 

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

B.C. voters back ‘chill guy’ Doerkson, punish Eby for ‘cynicism’ in election call, say politicos

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Canada’s major-projects focus needs an agricultural economic strategy

opinionBY JOHN SIMPSON
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justice

Liberals signal new MAID legislation to be tabled this fall

featureBY ANDREW MEADE

Canada’s Black justice strategy must see all of us

opinionBY TYLER BOYCE

Supreme Court opens with chief justice’s call to protect democracy as polarization deepens

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

CSC restricts antidepressant partly over misuse concerns, but can’t say if issue is widespread

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA
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Labour & employment
Crowds of people

Pay equity delays pile up for women in federal jobs as union alleges bad faith at Canadian Food Inspection Agency

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

Feds’ new ‘neoliberal’ immigration measures fail to address labour shortages, say critics

newsBY IREM KOCA

Addressing Canada’s child care workforce crisis

opinionBY CANDACE RENNICK

Canada’s new open access policy is a win for science, with a bill for taxpayers

opinionBY RICHARD HAYMAN, STEFANIE HAUSTEIN, BRIANNE SELMAN, BRYN WILLIAMS-JONES
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Lobbying

Tech sector lobbying picks up with questions about new Ottawa agency for streamlining tech use, procurement

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbyists push for tax changes in hydrogen production, phosphate mining in next federal budget

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Quebec Liberal MP Iacono’s second gig as a strategic adviser at a Montreal law firm raises eyebrows

newsBY ABBAS RANA

On wrongdoing disclosures, public service should get on the same page

opinionBY EDITORIAL
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natural resources and energy

Electricity in winter not a ‘convenience’ but ‘a matter of public safety,’ says Yukon energy minister, as territorial officials seek feds’ help to reduce energy poverty in the North

newsBY TESSIE SANCI
Tim Hodgson

When it comes to SMRs, new technology will help but what we really need is a plan

opinionBY NEIL ALEXANDER

‘Work needed’ to develop policy around ‘regions of national interest,’ says impact assessment head

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA
Tim Hodgson

Canada wants $1-trillion in investment. Mineral exploration is where it starts

opinionBY KAREN REES
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Women, Gender and Diversity

Time for Canada to relieve women of the ‘third shift’

opinionBY SHARI GRAYDON

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

opinionBY BOLU OGUNYEMI, MARCIA CLARK, SARAH COOK, NICHOLAS LEYLAND
Rechie Valdez

Online spaces should be safe for all, but they’re not for women and girls

opinionBY MITZIE HUNTER

Reconciliation must be measured by the lives of Métis women

opinionBY MELANIE OMENIHO
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Indigenous Relations

This prime minister is pulling the blanket over the eyes of Indigenous Peoples with his Building Canada Strong bill

opinionBY ROSE LEMAY

The price of ‘certainty’ for projects of national interest

opinionBY MARY EBERTS, JOYCE GREEN, ALISON POSTE

Claiming the second-generation cutoff disproportionally affects Indigenous women and girls dishonours MMIWG+

opinionBY LILLIAN E. DYCK, SANDRA LOVELACE NICHOLAS, CLAUDETTE DUMONT-SMITH

Omnibus bills and the realities of governments moving slowly

opinionBY ROSE LEMAY
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