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Le Premier ministre Mark Carney, debout derrière un pupitre, regarde la présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, assise à sa gauche, alors qu’il s’adresse au Parlement européen.

Nine years under a European trade agreement show tariffs were only the starting point

The yellow CL-415 flies in contrast against a bright blue sky.

Canada needs to plan further ahead to diversify its trade

Pink coloured minerals.

Potash could anchor a new Canada-India trade partnership

Three stacks of burlap sacks hold 15 bags of beans.

Canada’s trade pivot has a blind spot: the food we import

Brightly coloured crayons in pots with an empty daycare centre in the background.

Child-care policy should serve families, not just the economy

A portrait of Mark Carney surrounded by the yellow stars of the European Union flag.

Effective trade diversification depends on small and medium businesses

A row of white two-storey homes sits across from a couple standalone homes.

It should be easier to invest savings in community projects

Beans, fruit, tomatoes and bread in a waste bag.

Canada should borrow the EU’s playbook to cut food waste

Racial disparities are barriers to progress that can’t be ignored

A young girl sits as she gets a needle in her arm from a woman with rubber gloves. The girl is looking away from the needle and is focusing on one of her five classmates gathered around her. They are all wearing forest-green tunics over white short-sleeved shirts, and most of them are smiling. Another adult has a hand on the girl’s shoulder.

Canada’s positions on the international pandemic treaty are concerning

Storm clouds gather over a yellow canola field.

Countering China’s economic coercion by building on a European initiative

Une foule de personnes se promène. Un homme porte un grand parapluie noir. Un autre homme tient une pancarte sur laquelle on peut lire « “Nous avons décidé d'investir dans les travailleurs”. Lol k ». La pancarte d'un autre homme dit « Je soutiens mon équipe de négociation ».

A whole new conflict around remote work

Un homme travaille sur un ordinateur portable. On ne voit que ses mains et ses bras, avec les manches retroussées d’une chemise turquoise. Un petit symbole de droit d’auteur (un "c" blanc dans un cercle) est superposé à l’image, ainsi que d’autres petites images représentant un cadenas, un triangle avec un point d’exclamation (un signe d’avertissement), une ampoule, un écran d’ordinateur, un presse-papiers avec une coche.

Four things to fix in Canada’s Copyright Act

Harnessing growth to create positive neighbourhood change

Grandeurs et misères du porc du Québec

Canada needs new immigrants, but must plan for the consequences

Four steps to relieving the Canadian housing crisis

The federal public service strike ends on compromise over wages, remote work

A close up photo of mobile phone parts.

The empty success of recent amendments to Canada’s right-to-repair bill

High-quality training programs needed to weather labour market disruptions

We must increase confidence in Canada’s security and intelligence enterprise

CMHC is supportive of renovations, but our tax laws are not

Metal tubes and vents and steel supports form a structure several storeys high, with sunlight streaming in through the gaps.

Energy productivity first. Then focus on production

Tensions rise in public service strike that could set trend for workers across Canada

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