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A better way to run meetings: In-action reviews improve decision-making

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Guardianship governance: representing future generations in decision-making

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Why the productivity “super-deduction” falls short

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Short termism is costing Canada billions

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What one factory closure tells us about building resilient communities

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Canada needs an open finance roadmap, not just open banking

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South Korea just changed the game and Canada needs its own grand bargain

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Bring Canada’s pension funds back home to build our own economy

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The missed opportunities of public procurement

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Canada’s natural capital is a key in the Trump era but requires a new approach

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How to build a well-designed national basic income program – at half the cost

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Canada must ensure its digital sovereignty in the face of U.S. threats

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Regulatory uncertainty hurts critical innovation in Canada’s food industry

How Carney can use policy to unite the country

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Canada’s tech opportunity in a fractured global economy

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Saving our textile industry starts with a resolve to Buy Canadian

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Equity and transparency: how to even the playing field in infrastructure spending

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It is easy to pretend to be progressive at no cost

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The housing crisis is made worse by a policy mismatch

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Canada and Europe need a talent hub to overcome Trump threats

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Banking on LNG exports is a high-risk gamble for Canada’s future growth

A line graph showing Canada’s GDP per person sliding compared to that of the United States from a peak of 93.9 per cent in 1981 to 75.5 per cent in 2021. It stood at 78 per cent in the most recent year, 2023.

The perils of per capita GDP: No, Canada is not poorer than Alabama

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The misleading use of per capita GDP: Numerators, denominators and living standards

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Canada’s social safety net is stuck in the 1960s

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