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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

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

Federal tax policy incentivizes demolition over reuse

Unemployment is down, but there are still issues

Retrofitting needs investment

More innovative transit, mixed-use development and cities’ essential workers

Help for smaller urban centres needs to reflect their particular vulnerabilities

How to get cities out of their constitutional straitjacket

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