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People holding small Canadian flags and a sign saying “never 51st” sit in front of a larger Canadian flag.

How much are Canadians willing to pay to diversify trade?

A hospital waiting area.

Why it’s time to move past the Canada Health Act

An aerial perspective shows two tractors moving side by side along long rows of carrots as they are loaded into boxes on the two flatbeds.

Canada’s food security strategy leaves too much off the table

A dozen men in fatigues stand around a small opening in the ground where a man is either coming out or going down.

What Canada should require when backing critical mineral projects in Africa

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

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

A four storey rid brick building.

Addressing climate change by retrofitting Canada’s existing buildings

The rise of financial landlords has turned rental apartments into a vehicle for profit

La convalescence postpandémique de nos centres-villes

Let’s empower municipalities, too often the little siblings of federalism

Favoriser l’accès des enfants vulnérables à un service de garde de qualité

The push for faster, more nimble change in our cities

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