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Three children and an adult play a game on a carpet in a child-care centre while another adult looks on.

Child benefits work when they are generous and universal

A worker in a white helmet stands on scaffolding near the support beams for a roof.

How Build Canada Homes can build affordable housing fast

A man in navy coveralls with reflective strips leans over a shiny sheet of steel.

A Canada-led clean trade pact would show that middle powers mean business

Mark Carney photographed in profile with an old Canadian Pacific train in the background. The word “Canadian” appears in front of him.

The Canada Strong Fund isn’t a sovereign wealth fund — and that’s OK

Three people standing over a hospital bed with a dummy baby.

Canada shouldn’t mistake immigrant entrepreneurship for inclusion

A dollar coin is photographed close-up standing on edge on a glass table with it’s reflection below. Other dollar coins surround it, laying down.

Financial literacy needs a co-ordinator, not more pamphlets

The span is painted turquoise and is surrounded by a rock wall.

Why Canada’s northern energy infrastructure is failing

Multi-coloured shipping containers on a narrow river with crane installations along the shore.

Fortress North America is replacing free trade in Canada’s lexicon

An illustration of some bank cards stacked on top of a red $50-bill with "Bank of Canada" written on it.

Why Canada’s open banking risks repeating Australia’s failure

Two plumes of black smoke and fire rise from an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates.

War in the Gulf will only accelerate oil’s long-term decline

A close-up photo of a belt of ammunition a soldier is carrying around their neck.

Canada needs more defence autonomy in a less reliable world

A boy in a red sweater is doubled over face-down in front of a box containing cards. Two women sit on the floor on either side of him.

Who pays when autism-care systems fall short? Mothers do

Dozens of people stand around the mechanical room.

Ontario’s nuclear push risks another costly policy failure

Drawing of a row of office workers sitting in front of computers.

The true test of Quebec’s new workplace stress law

Two cows photographed from below with a blue sky with puffy clouds in the background.

Food security needs to be part of Canada’s defence strategy

Carney approaches the stone steps at the entrance.

Message to the PM: adult supervision is needed here at home, too

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When a major employer closes, the whole community feels it 

An illustration of a robot at a computer while a worker exits an office with a box full of belongings.

Canada’s labour protections aren’t ready for the age of AI

A driver at the wheel of a car, putting a finger to the touchscreen in the dashboard.

Yes, those Chinese EVs will be spying on us — just like all the other cars already do

Dozens of ministers stand in a family photo while a dozen photographers jockey for the shot in the foreground.

Can a U.S.-led critical minerals strategy deliver for climate and Canada?

Stacked shipping containers.

How Canada can prepare for high-pressure U.S. demands on sovereignty and trade

Four lanes of traffic.

What problem are return-to-office mandates meant to solve?

A young father hiking in a winter landscape with a baby in a carrier.

The paradox of Quebec fatherhood: valued but under-supported

Six pots of coffee beans.

Canadians aren’t imagining the cost-of-living crisis

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