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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

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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

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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

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Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

Unlocking the expanding wealth of charitable foundations

Canada’s COVID-19 blind spots on race, immigration and labour

A simple, low-cost bankruptcy option for Canada’s insolvency system

Rethink executive pay as workers struggle with COVID-19 fallout

Canada’s pandemic plans must guard against the rise of racism

A deep retrofit of homes and buildings is the megaproject Canada needs

Rethinking the Canada-US relationship after the pandemic

COVID-19 will force a change to Canada’s fiscal arrangements

Can we design a more equitable “business as usual” after COVID-19?

Canada is falling behind on transition to electric vehicles

Will COVID-19 unite or divide Canada over its energy and climate future?

First Nations need to play a role in post-COVID recovery

A North American strategy on medical devices would benefit all three nations

Economy and climate need more than stimulus after COVID-19

Consider the age of workers when reopening the economy

Here’s how municipalities should respond to COVID-19

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