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People holding small Canadian flags and a sign saying “never 51st” sit in front of a larger Canadian flag.

How much are Canadians willing to pay to diversify trade?

A hospital waiting area.

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

An aerial perspective shows two tractors moving side by side along long rows of carrots as they are loaded into boxes on the two flatbeds.

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

A dozen men in fatigues stand around a small opening in the ground where a man is either coming out or going down.

What Canada should require when backing critical mineral projects in Africa

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

Making life truly affordable requires more than lowering inflation

Balancing ambition with pragmatism in Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

Towards regulating AI : A natural, labour and capital resources perspective

Various Google logos are shown on a telephone and on a computer screen in the background. 

Google’s news throttle threat may go down to the wire

What Quebec’s cannabis strategy shows

Hundreds of plants grow inside a white-walled, windowless room with mechanical equipment installed along the walls and ceiling.

A clean-cannabis manifesto

A woman in casual clothing studies a large wall panel full of information and statistics about legalization. The title of the info is “Cannabis Legalization in California: Why it Matters & What’s Next.”

A tale of two cannabis legalization experiments

Under a white, plastic tent filled with young cannabis plants, a seedling is held by a person wearing a black glove and a white plastic coat.

A course-correction on cannabis equity : the moment is now

In this illustration, small human silhouettes are shown standing on an oversized keyboard. They appear to be waiting for something.

Governments must act more urgently to attract needed digital talent

The value of natural assets must be measured for truly sustainable development

To be a policy optimist, try some rose-coloured realism

A blue and black illustration depicting a ChatGPT logo at the centre of a circuit board.

AI bias must move to accountability to address inequity

A person who cannot be seen holds a sign that says “India attacked Canadian sovereignty” with protesters and yellow flags in support of the Khalistani independence movement in soft focus in the background.

Between democracy and diplomacy: Canada’s delicate dance with India

Good data is key to addressing economic disparities in Canada

Direct subsidies to companies are always a bad idea

The case for the legislative protection of cash

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