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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

Public service finally has a new boss, and she’s the old boss

How to improve long-term planning for pension funds

Give parents a choice in child care

A woman in a mask shops in front of a large display of white tulips with a small grocery store in the background.

Let’s help small family businesses eliminate tax uncertainty

“Sleeping rough” is a problem that needs tailored homelessness solutions

A large group of men and women in t-shirts, shorts and jeans walk down the road. Some of them carry signs.

The key to improving workers’ lives is hiding in plain sight

Close up view of woman paying for purchase at snack vending machine using smartphone.

How the Big Five banks control how money moves in Canada

Canada’s ineffective building energy regulations are the elephant in the warming room

Two small children laying among building blocks and looking through blocks with holes in them.

Four ideas to make Quebec’s child-care system a model for all of Canada

Canada-Indonesia trade deal risks deepening global troubles

Un panneau solaire aux couleurs du drapeau du Québec est surplombé d’une petite éolienne.

Les zones d’innovation : un modèle à régionaliser

People need public delivery not just more spending for dental care

The hands of a pharmacist taking a medicine box and capsule pack from the shelves of a pharmacy.

How pharmacist prescribing can alleviate health-care system pressures

Being online isn’t enough for small businesses

All-powerful PMO, mistrust “destroying” the public service: Paul Tellier

A black-and-white image of reporters at tables listening to Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez.

The Online News Act doesn’t solve the long-term problem for news

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