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An animated image of a person in a laptop computer with a rope pulling a bank card from another laptop.

Build a real financial crimes force to hit terrorist financing

Three cranes working on three towers are in darkened silhouette against a dark blue sky.

B.C.’s Bill 11 improves housing safety, but raises risks for tenants

A man gesticulates talking to a woman, who is holding the bridge of her nose in a pose of stress.

Criminalizing coercive control is necessary, but not enough

Alberta premier Daneille Smith with the Quebec flag in the background.

Why Alberta and Quebec diverge on judicial appointments

Elghawaby speaks in front of an array of arms holding microphones.

Canada’s national amnesia on Islamophobia

Long shadows from trees against pristine snow in front of the Supreme Court building.

The Supreme Court should not limit use of the notwithstanding clause

A woman holds a sign during a protest against Bill 21 that reads, “For secularism, against discrimination.”

What kind of society does Quebec want after François Legault?

Four of the Supreme Court justices sitting at the bench in their red robes.

Why regional representation still matters on the Supreme Court of Canada

Manifestation pour les droits des personnes transgenres devant un bâtiment. Des manifestants tiennent des pancartes aux messages pro-trans comme « Trans, proud, and angry ». Drapeaux trans et LGBTQ+, ambiance pacifique, chien au premier plan.

Lessons for Canada from the treatment of trans communities in Scotland

Three cyclists use the lane, which is painted in fading green. A white car passes them.

Ontario can’t lead on road safety without cycling infrastructure

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Why Canada needs age verification laws for porn

How Canada could achieve digital sovereignty

Golden scales of justice and a judge’s gavel in front of a Canadian flag.

Bill 96 erodes legislative language equality

The ornate stone buildings have tall green-hued copper roofs.

The chronic failure to pass social legislation

Pierre Poilievre at a microphone standing in front of a Canadian flag.

The many dangers of Pierre Poilievre’s war on ‘woke’

The sudden vacuum in the fight against environmental crime and corruption

The metal crest is ornate with elements that include depictions of the fleur-de-lys, a harp, maple leaves, the Union Jack flag and a crown at the top.

UCP cuts to Alberta Legal Aid will hurt the most vulnerable

Many Canadians are outraged by the tariffs and Donald Trump’s talk of annexing Canada.

If it comes to it, Canadian courts can and must be ready to resist U.S. annexation

A silhouetted woman in front of two landscape paintings. 

Canada’s overzealous copyright law deprives us of our own cultural heritage

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Is the CRTC capitulating to the streaming giants?

Rows of fuel bundles sit stacked under water. They are small metal cylinders. The water gives them a turquoise hue.

Ottawa needs to step in before nuclear waste project goes any further

A bearded man holds a pink and blue sign saying “Keep schools safe for trans kids.”

The pernicious effects of transphobia on campus

A hand holding a blue and pink sign saying “Protect trans kids!” with other signs out of focus in the fore and background.

The fight for trans rights is a women’s rights issue

A yellow police tape marks the edge of a crime scene with a blurry black police car, red and blue cruiser lights on, in the distance. The tape says “Police line. Do not cross” in thick black letters.

Get moving with a gender-based violence commissioner

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