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

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

In late August, the eligibility criteria was updated for the Regional Tariff Response Initiative to allow more smaller businesses access federal funding.

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

Critique shouldn’t open the door to communications chill for cultural bodies

opinionBY SAMIRA MOHYEDDIN

Lobbying Act reform risks undermining democratic engagement

opinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

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

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Netflix, Amazon, Apple launched lobbying blitz ahead of Liberal retreat on streamer rules

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE

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Small and medium-sized businesses warn of ‘entrepreneurial drought’ crisis, lobby feds for a reduction in small business tax rate

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

There is ‘significant bleeding from the small business community across Canada’ that has been underway for more than a year, says CFIB CEO Dan Kelly.

Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Cancer Society lead health lobbying in 2026

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

When tech execs bend the ear, do the feds bend the knee?

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

Bill C-25’s voter privacy protections ‘vastly inadequate,’ say critics, data can’t be sold, but it can be bought

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada among most active lobbying in June, focused on CUSMA: ‘U.S. administration right now is a little unpredictable’

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Senate approves changes to ethics code and guidelines to allow political fundraising, loosen gifting rules

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

The perils of circular lobbying

opinionBY ANDREA MROZEK

Joly top-lobbied minister in May, steel industry pushes for relief measures as Canada marks one year of U.S. steel tariffs

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Senate ethics officer clears Senator McPhedran in Afghan documents affair

newsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

Marjorie Michel

Canada’s biotech boom won’t matter if the growth happens somewhere else

opinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Biotech success should not be measured in whether every Canadian company remains Canadian-owned

opinionBY PIETER CULLIS, TERRI PETKAU

Canada losing ground in global life sciences race, needs quicker funding and harmonized clinical trials system, say sector experts

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Pharmacare for all: we cannot wait for the next health crisis

opinionBY NDP MP GORD JOHNS

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

David McGuinty

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

opinionBY AARON JOHNSON

Wait grows for formal plan underpinning a new Canadian foreign policy

newsBY NEIL MOSS

‘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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Foreign Policy

The future cost of Canada-EU’s LNG acceleration

opinionBY JOHANNE WHITMORE

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

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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

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

opinionBY DAVID ROBINSON

David McGuinty

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

opinionBY AARON JOHNSON

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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

Smith will need more than tears to mask latest separation dodge

opinionBY ERICA IFILL

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

opinionBY TIM POWERS

Pierre Paul-Hus

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

opinionBY MICHAEL HUENEFELD

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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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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

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

Scaling Canadian innovation for economic growth

opinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON, PETER ZANDSTRA

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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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