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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

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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

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New federal agencies won’t fix old problems with delivery

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

The federal dental plan may fall short of expectations

A woman paints a large yellow fish about to eat a small fish on a grey wall.

The hidden trend reshaping and hurting the economy: serial acquisitions

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Don’t give more powers to CSE until it submits to effective review

An illustration showing poker chips, dice and playing cards and a roulette wheel on the screens of three mobile telephones side by side, with the words “casino online” printed on the screen in the middle.

Ontario’s iGaming mistakes are a lesson in the value of Indigenous consultation

A grand notion

Ten storeys of a condo tower are visible, with a finished 10-storey building behind it. The floors of the building under construction are without walls and windows. The upper floors extend out farther than the lower floors, creating a subtle v-shape for the building.

An energy-efficient pathway to net-zero emissions needs national direction

Public service will swell to 409,000 in five years, PBO says

A sunflower is pictured in the foreground with five farm workers crouched in front of a white vehicle and a blue sky with a few fluffy clouds.

Agriculture and food should be front and centre in the Freeland Doctrine

“Cancel Disney +” and the Liberal government’s wrong approach to “greedflation”

On a four-lane highway, traffic is bumper to bumper in one direction. Bordering the highway are low-rise industrial buildings, a lot with trucks parked, billboards, and in the distance a treed area and high-rise towers beyond them.

Allow competitor collaboration to help fight climate change

Public opinion on migration could sour amid food insecurity and climate change

Will the “Freeland Doctrine” make an appearance at climate talks in Egypt?

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Leaving the comfort zone: Difficult issues in public sector reform

Nuclear energy plays a key role in meeting Canada’s net-zero goals

Climate resilience will need a federal, enforceable framework

Two men on a bike ride past a mountain of everyday articles piled high, stretching into the distance on a cloudy day. One man is driving the three-wheel bike, and the other is standing on one of eight or so bulging dirty sacks strapped to the back of the bike. Seagulls hover over the dump near a mechanical digger. The ground is covered in a slick of muddy water.

A just transition must include the world’s massive “invisible” workforce

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