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The notwithstanding clause needs more nuanced debate

All four are standing in front of a wall lined with provincial flags. Fraser is at a podium.

New hate-crime bill must confront the enforcement gap

A diverse crowd of university students in blue cap and gown.

Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy

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Consent confusion and the Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial

Gary Anandasangaree with cameras and journalists in the unfocused background.

Recognizing the Tamil Canadian experience in public life

Deux hommes en complet bleu foncé se serrent la main.

Canada’s foreign policy credibility begins at home

Modern Tsuut'ina Nation Police Service building with a wooden sign reading "TOSGUNA TSUUT'INA NATION POLICE SERVICE." A large police crest is displayed on the left, depicting mountains, a bison, and cultural symbols. Canadian and Indigenous flags fly from the roof under a cloudy sky.

Carney government cuts unfairly hit First Nations

Le bâtiment de deux étages est entouré d’une rangée de conifères denses. À l’intérieur de la clôture en treillis métallique, l’édifice se compose de plusieurs ailes, dont le deuxième étage est peint en bleu et le rez-de-chaussée en brique.

Solitary-confinement oversight needs an audit and overhaul

A closeup of a computer screen on an unidentified pornography site.

Will Bill S-210 prevent minors from accessing pornography?

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami suggests I’m a criminal

A person in dark silhouette makes a phonecall.

Snitching is both ineffective and morally wrong

The battle over Inuit identity in Labrador

Dozens of partially built single-family two-storey homes sit tightly packed. Two of them have partial roofs built. Lumber is scattered around three of the houses, which are all clad in wood panels in the beginning stage of construction. A dirt road separates the homes in the foreground from seven homes on the other side of the street-to-be. In the distance is a green space.

The Liberal government’s unshakable support for private housing markets

When is suicide considered “rational”?

Canada needs to stop doing more of the same in Haiti

The building is six storeys high and is covered in a white Tyvek-branded membrane. A metal pole is attached to one wall. A crane lift sits idle next to it. The building has corner balconies and inset balconies. The window frames are black. Tall trees stand nearby.

The double housing crisis needs a potluck approach

In a lab, a pair of hands in blue latex gloves holds an instrument that drops liquid into a clear shallow, round piece of plastic. Above the specimen is a machine with a tube aiming down. A rack holding several small tubes sits nearby.

Dismantling systemic ableism in health research

History isn’t repeating itself on LGBTQ rights. That is concerning.

We see about 20 storeys of two towers, one complete with floor-to-ceiling glass, the other partially finished, with the five upper floors less complete. The balconies on the new building have a decorative material, curved sheets of light grey metal. Taken together, they resemble a pattern of undulating small ocean waves.

Let’s stop calling it a housing crisis

Hundreds of people stand on a busy city street that has a lot of overhead power lines crisscrossing above. The area in front of them has no traffic. Vendor stalls covered with tarps line the street.

Stop thinking of foreign aid as a tool for global influence

B.C. ban on public consumption of some drugs would harm the vulnerable

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

A still-hazy picture of cannabis after five years of legalization

Under a white, plastic tent filled with young cannabis plants, a seedling is held by a person wearing a black glove and a white plastic coat.

A course-correction on cannabis equity : the moment is now

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