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A man holds apples while a woman works the register screen with a pile of produce on the conveyor belt.

Canada can stop surveillance pricing before it reaches the checkout

A grey-haired man in a hard hat looks out over a factory floor.

Canada has been dealt its demographic cards. Now it has to play them better

Three men sit, kneel or stand on the roof of a home covered in metal brackets.

Canada’s electricity strategy is overlooking its most powerful asset

In a hanger, Carney stands in front of a long row of people in military fatigues and a grey aircraft.

Canada’s national-security strategy needs three pillars

Row after row of university students sitting at tables in a large hall.

How the Global South finances the educated workforce in Canada and other wealthy countries

Carney walks across a clearing in the forest. An excavator and roller sit nearby.

Canada’s industrial ambitions require robust environmental governance

A gaggle of reporters in the foreground with the three men at a podium in the background.

New federal agencies won’t fix old problems with delivery

A stock image of a woman placing keys in the hands of a man.

Canada can’t fix the gender wealth gap until it measures it

A two-lane highway leads down a hill toward a flat area surrounded by snow-peaked mountains. In the foreground is covered in dense patches of evergreens. Alongside the road is yellowing brush.

Is Canada’s critical-minerals strategy a green shift or greenwashing?

Three trucks with cargo containers drive into an area with stacks of containers.

The problem with low-carbon fuels for road freight

The struggle for affordable internet in remote Canada

The two prime ministers sit in armchairs with their respective flags behind them.

Canada’s poor relations with India underscore short-term thinking and failures

A Canadian dollar coin known as the loonie sitting atop a stack of other loonies.

You can’t make ends meet on minimum wage in Alberta

Illustration depicting colouful machine gears as and interlocking work station where a handful of people work with laptops.

A relatively simple measure of productivity

A man in a light grey suit gestures with his hands while sitting in front of Canadian flags.

Ottawa eyeing ways to simplify public sector pay rules, fix Phoenix problems

Close up of a cell phone held by a woman sitting in front of a laptop.

Canadian banks have a role to play in preventing domestic violence

At least a couple dozen $50 bills are stacked in bundles.

What to do with the public-service pension surplus that’s piling up?

Several dozen one- and two-storey buildings are clustered near a body of water with mountains in the near distance. Dark rocks sit in the foreground. There are no trees.

Canada must stop using Nunavut’s fisheries to solve crises in Atlantic Canada

Sur fond de ciel bleu couvert de nuages, une tour de métal se dresse.

Encouraging innovation and competition through smart regulation

Illustration showing six diagonal rows of people in colourful clothing, each person standing a few feet apart. Some of the rows are short; others are long.

The troubling rise of income and wealth inequality in Canada

Freeland is at the podium with about a dozen people around her.

A systems approach would help prevent policy missteps

Dark mist swirls on a white sky, with dark mountains all around. Dark lichen-covered boulders sit amid golden tall grass in the foreground.

Looking North: Pension funds are key to developing Canada’s critical minerals

Une femme âgée pousse un chariot dans une allée tandis qu’un homme âgé examine une boîte de conserve dans sa main.

When Canadian regulations favour corporate concentration

This is the moment to fix the mismatch in Canada’s housing supply

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