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A close-up photo of a belt of ammunition a soldier is carrying around their neck.

Canada needs more defence autonomy in a less reliable world

A dozen or so women are lined up outside.

U.S. expansion of the global gag rule is a leadership test for Canada

Carney approaches the stone steps at the entrance.

Message to the PM: adult supervision is needed here at home, too

Carney is at the podium. The backdrop is a blue digital illustration of mountains.

That rare moment when a prime minister shapes the country

Canada should spotlight abducted Ukrainian children in peace talks

A half-dozen ministers and advisers stand in a line as Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a podium. He is in soft focus and in profile while the others are in focus.

Carney’s deputy minister shuffle raises national security questions

Dozens of ministers stand in a family photo while a dozen photographers jockey for the shot in the foreground.

Can a U.S.-led critical minerals strategy deliver for climate and Canada?

The three of them are standing in a room with at least double-height ceilings. Behind them, the wall is covered in an artwork consisting of intertwined vines with flowers and leaves.

How Canada can put Carney’s Davos speech into action

Two men wave a huge Iranian flag in a paved area in front of the building.

Diplomacy without pressure won’t end Iran’s nuclear program

Three Danish ships sailing in formation.

Why Canada needs Arctic threat modelling now

A crew of a half dozen people dressed in red winter gear use a small portable tripod winch system. A red ship is parked in the ice behind them. The sky and surface are a monochromatic white-grey colour where the horizon is barely visible.

Canada’s next Arctic move: Look west

The silhouette of the refinery at sunset with a small boat crossing the orange-glowing waters of the inlet in the background.

Build, baby, build. Or sell, baby, sell? Canada should reject Sunoco’s takeover of Parkland

Vue panoramique d’un lac pollué par des déchets

From conflict to co-operation: Using mediation to fight the climate crisis 

It’s time Canadian universities ventured abroad – to save themselves

In bright turquoise, red-orange, yellow and green, an illustration that is a jumble of faceless people, robots, mechanical arms, a pencil, a pointing finger and a hand on a laptop.

Only targeted industrial policy will fulfil Canada’s value-adding potential 

Industrial policy and Canada’s uncertain future

Some of the thousands of people standing and looking in the direction of a stage. Many are in red and some wave Canadian flags.

Bill C-3 could open the citizenship doors to people with little connection to Canada

A big fish follows a smaller fish, which follows an even smaller fish.

The Competition Act favoured concentration from the start

Deux hommes en complet bleu foncé se serrent la main.

Canada’s foreign policy credibility begins at home

Women and youths reach out with metal pots at what appears to be a food distribution point. The food is not visible.

Standing apart from Trump: It’s time Canada recognized Palestine

The case for North American Indigenous free trade

Elbows up for trans people, too

About 40 leaders standing in about four rows in front of a blue backdrop. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy is in the foreground directing traffic.

Why Canada should join the European Political Community, not the EU

Trump threats and national unity fears provide fresh opportunity to revisit how we vote

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