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Infrastructure and Transport

We want straight answers on asbestos cement water pipes in Regina

Opinion

• Statistics Canada is currently conducting a federal/provincial/territorial/municipal survey asking 'What was the total length in kilometres of asbestos cement water pipes as of Dec. 31, 2022?' The results are expected in late 2024. 

We want straight answers on asbestos cement water pipes in Regina

Opinion

• Statistics Canada is currently conducting a federal/provincial/territorial/municipal survey asking 'What was the total length in kilometres of asbestos cement water pipes as of Dec. 31, 2022?' The results are expected in late 2024. 

Investment in green technologies must include aerospace

OpinionBY DAVID ZINGG

Government inaction leaves air passengers and workers stranded

OpinionBY LANA PAYNE

A glance at the aviation sector, from funding to labour shortages

OpinionBY JOHN LING

Can Canadian airports keep pace with the surge in air travel demand?

OpinionBY ANTHONY NOREJKO

A call to the Canadian government: support pilot recruitment rather than pilot replacement

OpinionBY GERAINT HARVEY,PETER TURNBULL

Transforming aerospace will require a clear strategy and collective effort

OpinionBY MIKE MUELLER

Infrastructure woes among biggest challenges at airports heading into busy summer

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

From shovel-ready to shovel-worthy: are we asking the right questions about infrastructure investments?

OpinionBY ASHLEIGH WEEDEN

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Calls for more flexible project delivery models as Canada Infrastructure Bank is reviewed

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• The Canada Infrastructure Bank is engaged in its first five-year review to evaluate its legislative mandate.

Calls for more flexible project delivery models as Canada Infrastructure Bank is reviewed

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• The Canada Infrastructure Bank is engaged in its first five-year review to evaluate its legislative mandate.

Putting the ‘public’ back in public utilities: internet access in northern and rural Canada

OpinionBY MARIANA VALVERDE

Melting permafrost and the cost to highway infrastructure in Canada’s North

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR PAT DUNCAN

Support needed for strong, sustainable communities in the North

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP BRENDAN HANLEY

Our country of many solitudes

OpinionBY JESSICA VANDENBERGHE AND GEORGE LEE

Political will is needed if we are to close the Indigenous infrastructure gap

OpinionBY PSG SENATOR BRIAN FRANCIS

The Atlas Initiative: build the world anew

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ AND KN GUNALAN

Improving rail safety is a journey that never ends

OpinionBY BOB MASTERSON

ZEV sales targets must ride alongside infrastructure commitments

OpinionBY SUZANNE GOLDBERG

AGRICULTURE

Saskatchewan is leading the way on soil health

OpinionBY PSG SENATOR MARTY KLYNE

What goes ‘moo’ and then explodes?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Job security during transition to low-carbon economy among top concerns in environment-heavy February for lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Biotechnology

Genomics can both grow and green Canada’s economy

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Big money to scale up our most promising, young companies often from the United States

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Canada’s life sciences sector has come a long way

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ANDY FILLMORE

Biotechnology, statistics, collaboration, and the pursuit of the future

OpinionBY DONALD ESTEP

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Canada playing catch up with its Sudan response

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

The RCMP, inquiries, and another musical ride 

OpinionBY GAR PARDY

In defence of Canada and abroad

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Don’t ask a chatbot about the privacy and security implications of generative AI

OpinionBY KRISTEN CSENKEY

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Environment

Canada is a laggard and soon-to-be pariah on fighting climate change: activist Bill Henderson

Opinion

New StatsCan data reflects steady decline in Newfoundland’s offshore oil production

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

As supporters celebrate the Liberals’ ‘return to nuclear,’ critics decry ‘dangerous’ distraction

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Bill S-5: is there time to improve federal control of toxic substances and genetically modified organisms?

Opinion

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FINANCE

Canada’s over-dependence on foreign investment is a problem

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Critics of basic income ignore benefits of investing in struggling Canadians, ‘astronomical’ cost of poverty, argues Senator Pate

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Measuring, disclosing Canada’s tax gap key to combatting evasion

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR PERCY DOWNE

The clean-up of dirty money has officially launched

OpinionBY MARY-JANE BENNETT, MARY-JANE BENNETT

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Fisheries and oceans

Canada, U.S. must work together to protect the Central Arctic Ocean

Opinion

Is Canada ready to hear from a new wave of water leaders?

OpinionBY ANDREA MAY ROWE, CORINNE SCHUSTER-WALLACE

Fisheries Minister Murray promotes new parliamentary affairs director

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Should we let the H2O flow?

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

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FOREIGN POLICY

Solidarity pitch behind Green Party’s Ukraine trip  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Boost international assistance budget to help fight malaria: reader

Opinion

Thailand: another round?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Ukraine: what the Global South thinks

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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health

A cure for multiple sclerosis could be just around the corner

OpinionBY PAMELA VALENTINE

Canada needs a modern, national health data architecture

OpinionBY WILL FALK, TREVOR JAMIESON

Data-sharing issues affect the health-care sector

OpinionBY ANNE GENGE

AI and mental health care: opportunities and oversight

OpinionBY PETER J. BAYLIS

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Industry and Manufacturing

Frank McKenna: New Brunswick leads the way

OpinionBY FRANK MCKENNA

Project Arrow and the switch to electric vehicles: a Q&A with Flavio Volpe

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Government has a role to play in the changing needs of Canadian supply chains

OpinionBY GARY UBA

Canadian response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act should seek to boost ‘certainty’ for investors, says advocacy group

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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innovation

To address online harms, Canada must commit to digital media literacy

OpinionBY KARA BRISSON-BOIVIN

Don’t forget the harms of not sharing health data

OpinionBY ALIES MAYBEE

Safeguarding national security and protecting critical infrastructure is an urgent priority

OpinionBY LISA KEARNEY

Between an AI rock and a hard place: balancing privacy and artificial innovation

OpinionBY LAILA PASZTI

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intergovernmental

All bets are off in today’s policy-free political environment

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Indigenous leaders say Saskatchewan ‘woke up a sleeping giant’ by overstepping on critical minerals

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Feds seek to highlight fiscal strength of provinces before ‘inevitable tightening of the spending taps,’ say strategists

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Indigenous leaders call on House committee to treat Imperial Oil tailings leaks as evidence of larger failure of regulation

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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justice

Gun rights activists call Liberal backtrack on firearms ban a ‘massive retreat,’ but not a victory

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Uptick in violent crime ‘definitely has political implications,’ say pollsters, as Conservatives’ push for bail reform, tough-on-crime policies lays groundwork for campaign 

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

The national crisis of policing

OpinionBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

Mass killing report a scathing condemnation of Canada’s failure to curb violence against women

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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Labour & employment

Can we save our affordable housing before it’s too late?

OpinionBY MARCIA BRYAN

There is more to the malaise in the education system than funding: Tom McElroy

Opinion

Gender equality got left behind in the most recent budget

OpinionBY MAGGIE SAINTY

Ford’s new budget will hurt students: letter writer

Opinion

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Lobbying

Lobbyists anticipate revisions to Code of Conduct following House Ethics Committee’s recommendations

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Controversial appointment of top ethics watchdog with family ties to cabinet minister holds merit, say public policy experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Tensions with China show need for trade diversification, say business advocates, NDP MP

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Interim ethics commissioner with family connection to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister LeBlanc raises red flags for critics

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Canadian ownership is critical if we are to prosper from minerals strategy

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Amidst energy crisis, Canada can play a leading role in North American energy security

OpinionBY JENNIFER STEWART

Nuclear waste abandonment risks the dangers of amnesia

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON

Canada’s budget missed a big inflation-fighting measure: energy efficiency

OpinionBY JOHANNE WHITMORE,PIERRE-OLIVIER PINEAU,FRANçOIS DELORME

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Anti-Islamophobia rep calls for proactive measures to protect Canada’s Muslim communities amid rising hate-motivated attacks

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The CRA’s reliance on biased sources can perpetuate Islamophobia

OpinionBY MOHAMMED IQBAL ALNADVI

Despite global pledge to combat Islamophobia, systemic anti-Muslim hate is on the rise

OpinionBY TAHA GHAYYUR, FAREED KHAN

Civil liberties groups call for immediate moratorium on ‘prejudiced audits’ of Muslim charities pending NSIRA review

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Indigenous Relations

Media, Bill C-18, and Indigenous inclusion

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Natural Resources Transfer Agreements based on a fundamental misunderstanding of First Nations’ inherent rights

Opinion

Preparing to grieve the lost children at residential institutions once again

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Leaks show releasing oilsands waters into the Athabasca River is not the best solution for tailings ponds

OpinionBY MELODY LEPINE

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