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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

The first ministers standing in front of the prime minister’s residence, from left to right: Glen Clark, B.C.; Gary Filmon, Man.; Ralph Klein Alta.; Lucien Bouchard, Que.; Piers McDonald, Yukon; Roy Ramanow, Sask.; Jean Chrétien, Brian Tobin, Nfld.; Camille Thériault,N.B.; Miike Harris, Ont.; Patrick Binns, P.E.I.; Russell MacLellan, N.S.; and Jim Antoine, N.W.T.

Canada needs a new social union deal

Two stats from the survey: 61 per cent lack confidence in the ability of public servants to plan for the future. And: 67 per cent: Lack confidence in the ability of public servants to spend taxpayers’ money wisely.

Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future

In illustration featuring a large eye of computerized surveillance in the form similar to webcam watches a the tiny figure of a worker.

Workplace AI is writing the rules. Workers need to see them

A student using AI app on mobile phone during university lecture in amphitheater.

Universities need new ways to assess learning in the age of AI

Many Albertans still fine with an oil-and-gas future

Le télétravail survivra à la pandémie

Canada needs a gender-responsive pandemic preparedness plan

A fresh look at the reasons why women and men are self-employed

The pandemic upended the federal workplace. What comes next?

A pandemic and a real estate bubble: the flaws in our judgment

Canada’s rules for sick and caregiving leave must be redesigned

Let’s do more to leverage Canada’s diversity for a stronger digital research infrastructure field

Alberta, Quebec, and the politics of equalization

Canadian businesses need better tools to report cybercrime

Racist labour exploitation continues in multicultural Canada

The federal government should not overhaul charity rules during a pandemic

Help for the poor works best when combined with help for all

Full speed ahead for high-frequency rail in the busy Canadian corridor?

Canadians are still committed to decentralized federalism

How should Canada design policies to protect gig workers?

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