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A man holds apples while a woman works the register screen with a pile of produce on the conveyor belt.

Canada can stop surveillance pricing before it reaches the checkout

A grey-haired man in a hard hat looks out over a factory floor.

Canada has been dealt its demographic cards. Now it has to play them better

Three men sit, kneel or stand on the roof of a home covered in metal brackets.

Canada’s electricity strategy is overlooking its most powerful asset

In a hanger, Carney stands in front of a long row of people in military fatigues and a grey aircraft.

Canada’s national-security strategy needs three pillars

Row after row of university students sitting at tables in a large hall.

How the Global South finances the educated workforce in Canada and other wealthy countries

Carney walks across a clearing in the forest. An excavator and roller sit nearby.

Canada’s industrial ambitions require robust environmental governance

A gaggle of reporters in the foreground with the three men at a podium in the background.

New federal agencies won’t fix old problems with delivery

A stock image of a woman placing keys in the hands of a man.

Canada can’t fix the gender wealth gap until it measures it

Critical considerations for the future of the public service

Expanding immigration will not erase racism in Canadian society

A photo illustration of a page with blurred words surrounding the word “profit.”

Canada needs a minimum tax on corporate book profits

The never-ending question of contracting in the public service

Heritage properties need not be sacrificed for housing growth

The biggest public service union prepares for the first national strike in decades

The circular opportunity to fix food waste

Rising electricity demand will complicate electrification and decarbonization

La supercherie des retombées économiques

People ride a swinging carrousel carnival ride against a blue summer sky.

The pull and push of the centre that haunts the public service

A woman works a calculator at a table with a laptop computer while a baby watches a screen in the background.

Make remote work a plus instead of a penalty for gender equality

Non-profits were tested by COVID-19 but proved resilient

People sit at rows of desks oriented toward the middle of the room, where a central desk and the Quebec flag are located. A second-floor gallery is populated with a row of observers. At the back of the room is a large gilt-framed painting, in keeping with the ornate details that make up the room.

Diversity lags in provincial and territorial legislatures but is improving

Home decarbonization requires tailored policies

Emissions from destruction of nature hidden by rhetoric

Multi-coloured car illustrations hang on a wall above small lockers with baskets and backpacks in a daycare in Langley, B.C.

Building an anti-racist child-care system in Canada

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