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A two-engine jet aircraft in production.

Lessons from the American 1950s defence boom for Canada’s prosperity today

Mark Carney walking beneauth the barrel of a launch tube with soldiers in the background.

The secret to a successful defence industrial strategy is procurement reform

Closeup of the arms of someone in a lab coat and gloves working on a blue sample in a beaker.

Bridging the gap between publicly funded research and markets

Green smoke rises of a glob of molten copper.

Canadian critical mineral policy has evolved and now it’s time to level up

Two men walk in a vast parking lot of bulldozers, excavators, dump trucks and front-end loaders among many other pieces of equipment.

Bulldozer or bystander? Canada’s stakes in the new global economy 

In bright turquoise, red-orange, yellow and green, an illustration that is a jumble of faceless people, robots, mechanical arms, a pencil, a pointing finger and a hand on a laptop.

Only targeted industrial policy will fulfil Canada’s value-adding potential 

Industrial policy and Canada’s uncertain future

A truck carrying two containers rolls in front of a stack of red, orange and white containers on a ship.

Why no trade deal with Trump might be good for Canada

A dozen bundles of copper wire tied together with white string.

New approach needed in mining critical minerals

Mark Carney in the distance speaking to a crowd of people in a room decorated with Indigenous symbols such as paintings and totem poles.

Carney’s “nation-building” is nothing but a blast from the past

Mark Carney, wearing a suit, is surrounded by soldiers in green camouflage fatigues and military vehicles.

How Mark Carney is turning military spending into a force for economic renewal

Les premiers ministres marchent dans un couloir. Wab Kinew et Mark Carney semblent amusés par quelque chose.

One Canadian economy needs one competition policy

Four jets fly against a gray sky with a Canadian flag fluttering in the foreground.

We live in a dangerous world. Canada needs to bulk up

Six red-headed pumpjacks stand amid green and yellow grain fields.

Forging a new industrial policy in Canada

Eight lanes of traffic are shown. Most lanes are bumper to bumper. The green-and-white commuter train passes on tracks running parallel to the highway.

Out of thick air: Converting carbon emissions to fuel

Seen from the side of a length of rail line, the locomotive is yellow with an illustration of a waving American flag painted on its side.

A new trade policy for the “geopolitical turn”

Budget needs to set an accelerated course for a low-carbon future

A clearer right-to-repair picture emerges in Canada, but uncertainties remain

Hundreds of plants grow inside a white-walled, windowless room with mechanical equipment installed along the walls and ceiling.

A clean-cannabis manifesto

Canada needs a new economic vision, and new policies to go with it

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