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How much are Canadians willing to pay to diversify trade?

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Why it’s time to move past the Canada Health Act

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Canada’s food security strategy leaves too much off the table

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What Canada should require when backing critical mineral projects in Africa

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

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We live in an age of underwork and overwork

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

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Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

It’s time to index fuel taxes

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The Mulroney years: Transformation and tumult

A grey stone university building with young people cycling and walking past while one person in a pink coat sits in an archway posing for a photo.

Stronger boards can help universities adapt to challenging environments

Au bout d'un court couloir se trouvent deux salles, chacune dotée d'une porte métallique gris foncé portant la mention " examen ". L'une est marquée d'un gros "4", l'autre d'un gros "5". Dans les deux cas, de petits paniers métalliques sont fixés pour contenir des dossiers.

Health care needs to extend to undocumented migrants

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First Nations need equity to help drive a cleaner Canadian economy

Environ 35 personnes se tiennent derrière une longue pancarte qu'elles tiennent à la main. La plupart d'entre elles ont le poing levé et toutes sourient. Derrière eux se trouve une collection de mâts de drapeaux étroitement espacés, portant les drapeaux colorés de nombreux pays. Tous pendent mollement. Derrière les drapeaux se trouve une rangée de palmiers.

Without fairness and finance, the energy transition won’t be fast

ArriveCAN should drive deeper reforms, not just contracting oversight

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Women’s economic empowerment is crucial to Canada’s strategies against gender-based violence

Picking a university or college? Better trust your gut

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Our future depends on infrastructure. It’s time to act like it.

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The particularly Canadian “lone-wolf” tradition of studying the public service

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Canada’s got AI talent. Let’s keep it here

The history of colonialism and slavery still impacts Black people in Canada

When the economy becomes an obsession

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The unfairness of Canada’s Latin American humanitarian program

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Why the carbon tax often costs more in Atlantic Canada

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