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A wallet, with some cash peaking out, sitting on a tax form.

Broad tax reform belongs at the centre of Canada’s growth agenda

As he stands in a line of his coworkers, a man holds a sign high in the air that says: “Unpaid work won’t fly.”

We live in an age of underwork and overwork

Carney walks across the loading area in front of gantry cranes and a container ship alongside the port facilities.

Canada’s major-projects agenda has a carbon blind spot

Construction workers Alt text: Single worker stands on a partially framed house.

Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

Silas is holding a mic and raising a fist in front of a group of people holding protest signs.

Canadian governments are taking different paths back to the office

A crane operating in an open-pit mine against a grey sky with smoke billowing from a coal generating plant in the background.

Resilient communities need more than GDP growth

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

Anita Anand wearing a purple coat speaks at a table with Canadian flags in soft focus in the background.

The federal government plans to expand the “25-and-out” pension

Hogan is seated at a long wood table with a paper nameplate and a slender silver microphone in front of her. She is looking at papers, and is holding on to two single sheets as she looks at the pile.

Do away with the maze of government procurement

A white bus drives through the snowy streets of Montreal

Follow the U.S. lead on inter-regional bus service

A person in a uniform standing in front of their booth speaks to a driver in a silver Toyota SUV. Several vehicles are lined up behind them.

Border guards try to set a new frontier in labour dispute

Capital gains: How to maintain objectives while offering greater flexibility

Canada needs to start seeing Africa as a collaborator

More female peacekeepers essential to protect children in conflict zones

Young woman with down syndrome leans against a brick wall while she texts on a cell phone. She has a straw hat and a navy blue short-sleeved shirt with white and red stripes across it.

The disability tax credit needs immediate reform

Vêtu d’un complet bleu, le premier ministre canadien Justin Trudeau est assis bien droit dans une chaise. À côté de lui, le premier ministre indien Narendra Modi est également assis sur une chaise, les mains liées, et regarde à l’extérieur du champ de la caméra.

How will Canada react to Narendra Modi’s reelection?

Bikini-clad girl on the beach is holding a smartphone with the OnlyFans app on the screen. Everything but the phone is in soft focus.

Canada must end financial discrimination against sex workers

Tiff Macklem, in grey suit and blue tie, uses his hand to demonstrate a level. Two Canadian flags are out of focus in the background.

Beyond the peak: Higher-for-longer interest rates will impact many Canadians

Gros plan sur des billets de 50$ en devise canadienne.

For the good of the country, rich Canadians need to pay higher taxes on passive income

It’s a wide intersection, with three pedestrians in the crosswalk, and a person on a motor scooter in traffic along with cars and trucks.

Ontario auto insurance reforms offer no real “choice” for low-wage workers

The growing burden of sustainability standards

A young man in a wheelchair works in his adapted kitchen. He regulates the temperature of his stainless steel oven.

The Canada Disability Benefit does not fulfill the government’s promises

M. Aylward est représenté de profil, vêtu d'un blazer à carreaux de couleur claire, avec trois autres hommes debout à l'arrière-plan devant des drapeaux provinciaux.

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