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Labour and employment

‘There’s zero clarity’: Ottawa’s reworked transit fund leaves municipalities and agencies in limbo

newsBY SARAH J. HARB

The Canada Public Transit Fund was set to begin this month, but key details remain unresolved after Ottawa cut $5-billion and moved part of the money into a broader infrastructure stream.

Mark Carney

Carney’s affordability Achilles’ heel

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

Can Canada’s aerospace education system meet the coming demand?

opinionBY FIDEL KHOULI

Building a strong Canada means not leaving people with disabilities behind

opinionBY KRISTA CARR

Ontario mayors split on shaving development charges to build housing, with some reluctant to take on Carney-Ford pledge

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Treasury Board report shows employment equity not affected by early phases of public service job losses in 2024-25

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Why a tax credit could be the key to closing Canada’s retirement coverage gap

opinionBY KEITH AMBACHTSHEER, ALEX MAZER

Fixing Canada’s labour shortages requires re-imagination

opinionBY KUMARAN NADESAN

Canada should join global push for a free education treaty 

opinionBY JO BECKER
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Departmental plans show Carney government’s path to spending cuts, thousands of job losses

newsBY MARLO GLASS

New documents from 90 federal organizations forecast how many jobs will be shed in the coming years, and which programs will end, though some departments are more specific than others.

Illiteracy undermines opportunities in the knowledge economy

opinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

‘This is our home, so we need to be part of the solution’: Inuit-led university to strengthen Canada’s Arctic, say Senators

newsBY JUSTIN S. CAMPBELL

When it comes to affordable childcare, both public and private operators need federal support

opinionBY CHLOE DUSSER

Ottawa has a housing initiative, but not a homeownership plan

opinionBY KEVIN LEE

Investing in Indigenous housing strengthens Canada, and the solutions are ready

opinionBY JOHN GORDON

Keeping the North strong and free also means ensuring a better way of life for northerners

EditorialBY EDITORIAL

Solving Canada’s housing crisis starts with a reality check

opinionBY JANICE MYERS

A home is a human right: why inclusion must be built in

opinionBY JANET FORBES, BEN ROWLEY
Agriculture

Trade, trust, and traceability: securing Canada’s food sovereignty

opinionBY JOHN SIMPSON

From pulses to power: why plant-based agriculture is smart trade policy

opinionBY COLIN SARAVANAMUTTOO

Food affordability isn’t the problem, it’s a symptom

opinionBY DANA MCCAULEY

Farmers must be protected from climate chaos

opinionBY ELIZABETH MAY
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Biotechnology

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
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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Visiting MPs hope to see a permanent military presence for Canada in Latvia 

featureBY NEIL MOSS

Feds propose $2-billion for mission training Ukrainian troops, appearing to expand operation

newsBY NEIL MOSS

The Navy’s future fleet wish-list is only half the equation

opinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Vaccines are Canada’s front-line defence

opinionBY SHELITA DATTANI
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Environment

We can do better than pitting carbon pricing against oil development

opinionBY MICHAEL BERNSTEIN

Can Canada’s Species at Risk Act protect endangered wildlife on federal land?

opinionBY LYNN JONES

Fort McMurray’s legacy: a warning for Ottawa as climate-driven disasters continue to escalate

opinionBY SUSAN PENWARDEN

Unlocking economic growth through social purpose

opinionBY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, MIKE ROWLANDS
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FINANCE

Top takeaways from the spring financial update

listBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Suspending the fuel excise tax helps Canadians, but retailers can’t be left holding the bill

opinionBY PETER KILTY

Environment groups slam tax credits for enhanced oil recovery, but also welcome international climate funding in Champagne’s fiscal document

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Feds propose $2-billion for mission training Ukrainian troops, appearing to expand operation

newsBY NEIL MOSS
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Fisheries and oceans

‘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
Joanne Thompson

Canada’s plan to boost its economy must include rebuilding wild fisheries

opinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN
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Foreign Policy

Visiting MPs hope to see a permanent military presence for Canada in Latvia 

featureBY NEIL MOSS

As Mexico and U.S. are set to start the CUSMA review, Canada continues waiting game

newsBY NEIL MOSS

A Kenyan president’s misstep, and speaking English badly

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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

featureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF
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health

Canadians deserve access to safer vaping products, flavours and all: letter writer

opinion

Vaccines are Canada’s front-line defence

opinionBY SHELITA DATTANI

‘Five long years’: health groups push Ottawa to finalize 2021 draft rules on vaping flavours ban

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
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Industry and Manufacturing

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

newsBY SARAH J. HARB

The Port of Churchill’s expansion is inevitable, but destroying polar bear habitat is not

opinionBY ALYSA MCCALL

MOUs won’t fix Ontario’s auto-sector problems

opinionBY MICHAEL NITEFOR

The innovation test in the Arctic

opinionBY DAVID CRANE
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infrastructure and transport

The next era of aviation demands a new generation of skills

opinionBY SUZANNE KEARNS, GüLNAZ BüLBüL

Competition is not the answer for improving the Canadian airline industry

opinionBY GERAINT HARVEY

Can Canada’s aerospace education system meet the coming demand?

opinionBY FIDEL KHOULI

Financing the flight path: breaking duopolies and building green infrastructure in Canadian aviation

opinionBY THOMAS WALKER
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innovation
Evan Solomon

Digital public infrastructure is now a nation-building question for Canada

opinionBY KEILLER ZED, GILES SUTHERLAND

Canada needs to ‘amp it up’ in wake of competitive U.S. and Chinese pharma policies, says Innovative Medicines Canada CEO

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canadian satellite firms say they’re looking forward to launching from home soil under Bill C-28

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE
Avi Lewis

Who will wean us from the bosom of big business?

opinionBY ERICA IFILL
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intergovernmental

Why does Canada feel so corrupt?

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

Things fall apart: Premier Doug Ford, eight years on

opinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Nutrition North Canada review must be grounded in northern realities

opinionBY DAN MCCONNELL

Immigration and the survival of French are tied in Quebec

opinionBY ANDREW CADDELL
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Indigenous Relations

Nutrition North Canada review must be grounded in northern realities

opinionBY DAN MCCONNELL

Unfulfilled promises: 2026 is an opportunity for Canada to deliver on its commitments to the Métis Nation

opinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

NAC’s Resident Chef program gives Indigenous cuisine a national stage

featureBY SARAH J. HARB

Expanding the Indigenous health workforce offers the federal government key policy wins

opinionBY IVY BOURGEAULT, KIENAN WILLIAMS
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justice

We’re a grownup country or we aren’t, fix the courts

opinionBY MATT GURNEY

The Supreme Court’s Bill 21 challenge

opinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Bill C-16 raises concerns about court delays, but also offers improved protections for victims, say legal experts

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canadian internet companies say their livelihood depends on changes to Copyright Act, but Ottawa hasn’t taken action

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE
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Lobbying

Former Liberal MP warns of unintended consequences to MP rights in Lobbying Act review: ‘if we continue down this road, you know where it ends? Ankle bracelets for lobbyists’

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
Christiane Fox

Deputy minister broke conflict-of-interest rules by influencing hiring at IRCC, ethics commissioner finds

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Feds’ $20-billion submarine choice must go beyond economic concerns, say experts: ‘possibly one of the biggest defence procurement decisions Canada will make in decades’

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

MP sponsored travel failing to launch under new lobbying rules

newsBY STUART BENSON
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natural resources and energy

We can do better than pitting carbon pricing against oil development

opinionBY MICHAEL BERNSTEIN

Carney can do more to protect Canadians from economic storms resulting from global conflict

opinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

New Canada-Ecuador trade deal contradicts Prime Minister Carney’s human rights vision

opinionBY DARCY EYGUN
Tim Hodgson

Carney government’s ‘net-zero’ goal would require radical changes to oil and gas production  

opinionBY ANNIKA SEGELHORST, ELMIRA ALIAKBARI
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Women, Gender and Diversity

Health equity does not happen by accident

opinionBY SUELYN KNIGHT

Addressing inequities in health for Black Canadians

opinionBY CATHERINE CARSTAIRS, FRANçOISE BAYLIS

Young Grits eye ‘unique’ leverage on generation-defining decisions

newsBY STUART BENSON

Canada won’t end gender-based violence until we prevent male violence

opinionBY LANA WELLS
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