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Le Premier ministre Mark Carney, debout derrière un pupitre, regarde la présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, assise à sa gauche, alors qu’il s’adresse au Parlement européen.

Nine years under a European trade agreement show tariffs were only the starting point

The yellow CL-415 flies in contrast against a bright blue sky.

Canada needs to plan further ahead to diversify its trade

Pink coloured minerals.

Potash could anchor a new Canada-India trade partnership

Three stacks of burlap sacks hold 15 bags of beans.

Canada’s trade pivot has a blind spot: the food we import

Brightly coloured crayons in pots with an empty daycare centre in the background.

Child-care policy should serve families, not just the economy

A portrait of Mark Carney surrounded by the yellow stars of the European Union flag.

Effective trade diversification depends on small and medium businesses

A row of white two-storey homes sits across from a couple standalone homes.

It should be easier to invest savings in community projects

Beans, fruit, tomatoes and bread in a waste bag.

Canada should borrow the EU’s playbook to cut food waste

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

A collage of colourful paper cutouts of hands.

What to do about intergenerational wealth inequality

Co-creating cities through Indigenous knowledge and nature-based solutions

How to help older Canadians continue to work

Three lightbulbs hang from drawn black lines. The first line is tangled up hopelessly. The second one is minimally tangled. The third is untangled.

Can angst about productivity lead to serious public-service reforms?

Eight people hold the edges of a banner that says “We are here to protect water.” The banner is orange, blue, red and white, and has an illustration of a fish with a heart.

Environmental impact reviews should take a more regional perspective

Public transit in Quebec: looking beyond the next election

ALT text: A green John Deere tractor pulls a small red tilling implement over a black field. The surface of the field is obscured by mist even though the sky is blue. Farm buildings and a forest can be seen in the background.

Canada needs ethical data governance in agriculture

A brown paper bag filled with vegetables is laid out on a dark grey stone background. Visible are a bottle of milk, loaf of bread, lettuce, an avocado, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, mushroom, lemon, orange, eggs, broccoli and an apple.

A grocer’s code of conduct isn’t a silver bullet. The right to food comes first.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks behind Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is carrying a wreath.

Canada can soften possible trade turbulence with U.S. by embracing India

The screen is a large billboard sitting high above the ground next to a few tall buildings along a tree-lined street. In the distance are two temples with curved roofs with a green-covered mountain behind them.

Canada has to be more than a “bridgehead” to North America for South Korea

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

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