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Repeal the Online News Act to better inform Canadians

A large crowd waving flags on a downtown Montreal street.

It’s time for Canada to stand with the people of Iran

Protesters gathered around a bonfire.

Canada must be ready for Iran’s democratic turning point

Students filling out participatory budget idea submission form.

Participatory budgeting is a low-risk, high-return democratic upgrade

People voting at two polling stations in a school gymnasium while the candidate and her mother wait.

The rising threat of disinformation in Canada’s municipal elections

A few dozen women and a couple men surround Sen. McPhedran who is at a podium.

Diversity of candidates is fundamental to trust in political leadership

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Why increased candidate diversity can help rebuild trust in Canadian politics

People hold a huge rainbow flag in downtown Montreal during the city’s Pride parade. Clothed in a rainbow of colours under a sunny sky.

LGBTQ+ and Quebec nationalism: The decline of a progressive alliance

Building voters’ confidence in the municipal election process

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We must not allow our country to become a news desert

Illustration of a single wolf standing on a wide-open city street at night, looking at the towers twinkling in the distance. Part of the sky is bright yellow-orange.

The particularly Canadian “lone-wolf” tradition of studying the public service

A colourful long wall is made up of many black-framed squares showing images of people and things.

The missing voices at AI conferences

Graham Flack leaves the public service after three decades at the centre of Canadian history

Canada needs to stop doing more of the same in Haiti

Dozens of containers are stacked on top of each other. The stacks are six high and probably higher. Most containers are rusty-red in colour, and others are white, green, yellow, green, dark blue and grey.

Canada needs an integrated economic-security strategy

Can building more affordable housing be compatible with local democracy?

A youth with pink hair holds a sign saying “Hands off trans rights” next to another youth with blonde hair with a sign saying “the youth are our future.” Other protesters are in the background.

Changes are needed to limit provincial use of the notwithstanding clause

Generation X takes the helm of the public service with John Hannaford

How citizens’ assemblies worked in one Quebec city

To be a policy optimist, try some rose-coloured realism

A protester holds up an umbrella in the colours of the rainbow against a blue sky with the Peace Tower of Parliament in the background.

Saskatchewan’s use of the notwithstanding clause reveals its fundamental flaw

The time for a law on artificial intelligence has come

Clerk of the Privy Council John Hannaford relaunches ethics and values discussion in the public service

Public inquiry into foreign interference in elections should target Big Oil

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