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Carney’s industrial bet: Building Canada’s future while cutting the public service

Dirt roads ribbon a brown landscape in the foreground with a large terraced open pit cut into the ground in the background.

What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada’s mining oversight

Mark Carney and François-Philippe Champaign joke together while children stand in the background looking unimpressed.

Fiscal rules and the return of discipline to Canada’s finances

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Quebec since 1995: decline or progress?

Above their heads, they hold sheets of paper that outline calls for health-care accessibility.

Excluding people with disabilities from development initiatives must end

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The right way for Canada to secure cloud sovereignty

Half a dozen workers in protective clothing put pieces of frozen fish into square white plastic pouches.

Voluntary corporate accountability doesn’t work. Canada needs to mandate it.

An overhead view of a tanker stopped in open water along the B.C. coast.

Rethinking Canada’s oil tanker ban for a new era of reconciliation

M. Wells, un Canadien de race noire, brandit un sac d'oignons tandis qu'une femme blanche d'âge mûr vérifie le prix à la caisse. Une jeune femme blanche est la suivante dans la file d'attente. Ils se tiennent dans le hall d'une ancienne église aux murs blancs et au parquet blond.

The best, fastest way to meaningfully help low-income Canadians

Deux cochons dans une porcherie regardant la caméra avec d'autres cochons en arrière-plan.

It’s time for Ottawa to treat food production as a strategic asset

Portes de couleur foncée marquées de grands chiffres 4 et 5 et du mot « examen » vues d'un couloir.

Federal budget an opportunity to seed transformational change to fix failing primary care system

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

Solar panels planted in a field against a grey sky.

Reaching net-zero calls for nimbler, more transparent assessment of clean energy projects

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Canada should avoid the mistakes the U.K. made in biomass for energy

Prefabricated housing offers one solution to the supply crisis

The people stand loosely in rows. They’re in winder coats and boots. Some hold signs saying “We belong here. Stop Asian Hate.” “We are all one.” “United against discrimination.” Everyone is wearing covid-masks.

The paradox of immigration policy will require a new model

The cost-of-living crisis for social-assistance recipients

Une femme debout à un bureau tient une tablette à la main. Sur le bureau en face d'elle se trouvent un ordinateur portable et des papiers avec des graphiques. Sur un bureau en bois, à sa gauche, se trouve un écran d'ordinateur rempli d'images. La photo est recouverte d'une série de symboles blancs représentant le courrier électronique, les achats en ligne, l'argent, les graphiques, le wi-fi, les appareils, les engrenages et le globe terrestre.

A $4-billion idea gone wrong: the Canada Digital Adoption Program

Making Greenland a full part of North America should be a priority for Canada

Changes to mortgage policy can make owning a home more affordable

A scramble and scrutiny of the public service not seen in more than 20 years

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard presents the 2024-2025 budget to the National Assembly.

Quebec needs solutions to its long-term financial challenges

Does Vienna have the answer to Canada’s housing crisis?

Doug Ford waves at a photographer as he walks into a room with brick walls and a monitor on the wall.

Doug Ford avoids hard questions to ‘get it done’ in Ontario

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