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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

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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

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Lessons from the U.S. on buying clean construction materials

The economic case against low-wage temporary foreign workers

White plumes of steam are released into the sky at the Imperial Oil plant, made up of a cluster of wide, round towers and skinny tanks.

The nuclear option has potential to reduce emissions from industrial heating

Canada’s Online News Act: Repeating Australia’s mistakes?

How the government used the pandemic to sharply increase immigration

An airplane wing frames the scene of Trudeau airport terminal below, with dozens of aircraft parked at the gates of the terminal.

The shocking rise of aviation emissions

Governments must match civil society efforts to welcome refugees

Assign unused wireless spectrum to Indigenous communities

Canadians’ rights to property need additional protection

The Liberal-NDP pact could have a big impact on the public service

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The high seas provide an opportunity for Canadian leadership

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COVID was harmful for youth employment

Europe, energy security, and a new role for Canada

Some public service executives ‘burned out’ by crisis management

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could trigger catastrophe in Africa

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