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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

A family of three including a young girl receives clear plastic bags of groceries including cooking oil from a man.

Canada, Cuba and the price of tolerating coercive power

Mark Carney in closeup with the World Economic Forum sign in the background.

Giving life to the Carney vision for Canada

Three children look out from a window with bars on it as a Venezuelan flag passs by.

When borders become suggestions

A half dozen people line up in front of a table as a woman explains something.

Alberta’s separation from Canada would be illegal

The bow of a ship cutting through iceflows in the twilight Arctic waters.

Why does the U.S. support Chinese interests in the Arctic?

Contemporary architecture is showcased in this photo of the city at dusk, where the headlights of passing cars leave golden streaks. Skyscrapers frame the skyline. In the middle are two towers connected at the top and bottom.

The evolution of China Inc. and the challenges for Canada

G7 leaders including Justin Truddeau and Joe Biden lined up for a photo at the G& meeting hosted in Italy in 2024.

Canada’s G7 presidency in 2025 a chance to address two critical areas

A ball representing the flag of the United States swings toward Canada’s, with Mexico, the E.U. and China on the other side.

Canada needs to find new ideas in geopolitical and economic strategy to avoid getting squeezed

Seen from the side of a length of rail line, the locomotive is yellow with an illustration of a waving American flag painted on its side.

A new trade policy for the “geopolitical turn”

A child wearing a scarf around their head fills a plastic water bottle at a communal tap.

Canada must do more for the Rohingya

The two prime ministers sit in armchairs with their respective flags behind them.

Canada’s poor relations with India underscore short-term thinking and failures

Des dizaines de petites fioles en verre sont disposées côte à côte.

A lack of scientific diplomacy leaves Canada at a disadvantage on the world stage

Sur fond de ciel bleu couvert de nuages, une tour de métal se dresse.

Encouraging innovation and competition through smart regulation

Dark mist swirls on a white sky, with dark mountains all around. Dark lichen-covered boulders sit amid golden tall grass in the foreground.

Looking North: Pension funds are key to developing Canada’s critical minerals

Une femme âgée pousse un chariot dans une allée tandis qu’un homme âgé examine une boîte de conserve dans sa main.

When Canadian regulations favour corporate concentration

Martin is one of several dozen people pictured sitting in four rows of chairs. Most everyone is clapping. Martin is smiling. Kale holds up a small Canadian flag. He and his mum are dressed in red.

Bill C-71 opens up a possible never-ending chain of citizenship

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks behind Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is carrying a wreath.

Canada can soften possible trade turbulence with U.S. by embracing India

The screen is a large billboard sitting high above the ground next to a few tall buildings along a tree-lined street. In the distance are two temples with curved roofs with a green-covered mountain behind them.

Canada has to be more than a “bridgehead” to North America for South Korea

A couple dozen people young and old gather around holding metal plates.

Canada must lead in responding to the desperate plight of the Rohingya

Canada needs to start seeing Africa as a collaborator

More female peacekeepers essential to protect children in conflict zones

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