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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

A worker in a hardhat wearing in a black T-shirt with a yellow reflective vest inspects a long, curved piece of aluminum.

Why the productivity “super-deduction” falls short

A line of Canada Post red, blue and white trucks with the slogan “de partout . . . jusqu’à vous” and “From anywhere . . . to anyone” written on the side.

Short termism is costing Canada billions

A white BrightDrop cube van at the entrance of a GM assembly plant with Made in Canada written on the side.

What one factory closure tells us about building resilient communities

Tiff macklem gestures with his hands while speaking at a microphone with a Canadian flag in the background.

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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From boardrooms to beds: Can empty offices ease hospital overcrowding?

A man fills out Canadian tax documents by hand with a Canadian flag on table.

Personal income tax cut promises: Is now really the right time?

A man works on a shiny large steel wheel more than twice his size.

A stronger Canadian economy starts with a circular economy in cities and regions

A couple holds a sign with a Maple Leaf that says “back off eh” amid a crowd of protesters with flags.

The Macdonald Commission at 40: Lessons for today’s Trump tumult

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Effective rural policy is critical to Canada’s security, stability and sovereignty

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Canada’s policy reset needs to go much further than trade to address Trump shock effects

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Canada’s health care crisis demands a digital solution

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A day late and a dollar short: Exporting Canadian natural gas to the EU

Un drapeau du Canada flotte au-dessus du Parlement. Des nuages gris assombrissent le ciel.

Open letter to the next prime minister: We need a royal commission on Canada’s future

Massive stacks of red, blue and yellow containers are seen through driving snow with a red tractor trailer driving among them.

Could Trump’s tariffs break Canadians’ consensus on trade?

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There is an alternative to trying to pipeline our way out of Trump’s crisis

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Why are younger Canadians more susceptible to Trump and the lure of the 51st state?

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It’s time to put Canada’s employment insurance program on solid footing

Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?

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We live in a dangerous world. Canada needs to bulk up

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Forty years later, we’re due for another big rethink about Canada’s future

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