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

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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

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In an age of Big Data, measurement error can be costly for smaller communities

Mulroney’s “pink slips and running shoes” yielded to a trust of the public service

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard stands with Premier François Legault as he holds up the province's 2024 budget.

The Quebec budget : Time for alarm or calm?

Un petit groupe de manifestants, dont une femme en fauteuil roulant battant un petit tambour, se rassemble à côté d'une banderole représentant un poisson et des cœurs avec les mots « Nous sommes ici pour protéger l'eau ».

Minority language media outlets treat Indigenous issues differently

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Canada needs deepfake legislation yesterday

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Regulators should remain independent as Canada moves away from fossil fuels

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Where are the reviews of government action on COVID-19?

Un chat est sur une table d’examen vétérinaire.

Multinationals are taking over veterinary clinics

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Addressing the funding gap for Indigenous entrepreneurs in Canada

A river rushes past a temporary flood barrier attempting to protect several river-front houses. Standing water visible behind the barrier.

High and dry: The rising tide of flood risks and the insurance dilemma

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It’s time to restore pride in post-secondary institutions and immigration

Combat NIMBYism with transparency to help resolve Canada’s housing crisis

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Finding innovative solutions to reduce the cost of substance use on health care

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Canadian agriculture faces a worker shortage and food security crisis

It’s time to index fuel taxes

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The Mulroney years: Transformation and tumult

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