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Canada’s next great project must be to build an AI nation

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Reimagining the future Canadian economy in a changing world

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Build, baby, build. Or sell, baby, sell? Canada should reject Sunoco’s takeover of Parkland

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Lessons from the American 1950s defence boom for Canada’s prosperity today

Mark Carney walking beneauth the barrel of a launch tube with soldiers in the background.

The secret to a successful defence industrial strategy is procurement reform

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Canada’s aging population needs more personal support workers

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Bridging the gap between publicly funded research and markets

Green smoke rises of a glob of molten copper.

Canadian critical mineral policy has evolved and now it’s time to level up

Illustration of a grocery cart with two full paper bags surrounded by single items of food including fish, milk, sausage, bottle of olive oil, cheese, bread, berries, eggs etc.

A national plan to end food insecurity in Canada is within reach

Floods, fires and mudslides: The climate-insurance crisis in real estate

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A national grid should accelerate – not stifle – the energy transition

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The public service needs to get better at firing its underperformers

Four workers stand at a long stainless-steel table. They are in white coats. Blue plastic is used for their aprons and to cover their heads and forearms. They all wear high boots and stand on red rubber mats. Many lengths of salami links hang from a metal frame. The room is all grey with no windows.

Trade war heightens risks for immigrant factory workers

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Why Canada needs age verification laws for porn

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The missed opportunities of public procurement

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Canada’s natural capital is a key in the Trump era but requires a new approach

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How to build a well-designed national basic income program – at half the cost

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Canada must ensure its digital sovereignty in the face of U.S. threats

A bunch of green bananas. Growing in a greenhouse in Quebec.

Regulatory uncertainty hurts critical innovation in Canada’s food industry

How Carney can use policy to unite the country

Maple Leaf in foreground, Shopify building in background.

Canada’s tech opportunity in a fractured global economy

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Saving our textile industry starts with a resolve to Buy Canadian

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Equity and transparency: how to even the playing field in infrastructure spending

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It is easy to pretend to be progressive at no cost

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