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A wallet, with some cash peaking out, sitting on a tax form.

Broad tax reform belongs at the centre of Canada’s growth agenda

As he stands in a line of his coworkers, a man holds a sign high in the air that says: “Unpaid work won’t fly.”

We live in an age of underwork and overwork

Carney walks across the loading area in front of gantry cranes and a container ship alongside the port facilities.

Canada’s major-projects agenda has a carbon blind spot

Construction workers Alt text: Single worker stands on a partially framed house.

Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

Silas is holding a mic and raising a fist in front of a group of people holding protest signs.

Canadian governments are taking different paths back to the office

A crane operating in an open-pit mine against a grey sky with smoke billowing from a coal generating plant in the background.

Resilient communities need more than GDP growth

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

Five lessons for managing a just transition from environmentally destructive industries

How to ensure Canada’s quantum computing strategy is a success

High-performance rail service is a solid intercity solution for Canada

Bending the emissions curve requires flexibility

Redesigning Canada’s social safety net for the post-pandemic economy

What – and who – is a city for?

Death of a mutual, and the drift away from “neighbours helping neighbours”

Making Canada’s skills-development system up-to-date and more effective should be evidence-based and grounded in top-quality research

In a post-pandemic recovery, what will laid-off workers do to get back on their feet?

Créer un espace métropolitain cohérent face à l’irrésistible attrait de la banlieue

Bad office buildings make good residential spaces

Certified sustainable seafood should be the only option at the grocery store

Certified sustainable seafood should be the only option at the grocery store

Affordable, secure and adequate housing as an economic strategy

Rising house prices and the challenge governments face

La mobilité durable sortira-t-elle gagnante de la pandémie ?

Pop-up shops can help revitalize hard-hit business districts and main streets

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