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A better way to run meetings: In-action reviews improve decision-making

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Guardianship governance: representing future generations in decision-making

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Why the productivity “super-deduction” falls short

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Short termism is costing Canada billions

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What one factory closure tells us about building resilient communities

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Canada needs an open finance roadmap, not just open banking

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South Korea just changed the game and Canada needs its own grand bargain

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Bring Canada’s pension funds back home to build our own economy

Austerity in public education financing is fostering growing inequities in Canada

Governments more ambitious than Canadians on electrification

Under hazy skies, opportunities for ground-up climate disaster policy changes

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Why we need to help farmers plant more cover crops

Des taxes régressives… et progressistes!

Artificial intelligence + basic income = Canadian innovation

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Taming the tech giants will cause collateral damage

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Involve more ordinary Canadians in implementing the Online Streaming Act

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Four conditions for the new Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit

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Historic meeting of ministers needs to look at international human rights

How did Turks abroad vote in Turkey’s election?

Un homme est écrasé dans une presse pendant que son patron la resserre sur lui. Sur la partie supérieure de la presse, qui écrase l’ouvrier, il est écrit « bas salaires » en grosses lettres, accompagné des mots « capitalisme », « monopole », « esclavage salarial » et « plutocratie ». Sur la partie inférieure, on peut lire « loyer élevé ».

Inflation : it’s always easier to blame the workers

Emergency law needs to change for the climate crisis era

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The Rouleau report and the politics of living next to a powerful neighbour

Finding pathways out of Ontario’s hydro and climate mess

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A guide to modernizing payments in the financial sector

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