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

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

Abstract illustration of network security with glowing padlocks.

What Ottawa can do to protect Canadians from cybercrime

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?

Icons of apps, including Facebook, on a cell-phone screen.

Repeal the Online News Act to better inform Canadians

Line drawing of an assembly of beakers, microscopes, vials, and measuring cups.

Canadian scientific innovation requires global engagement to have impact

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

An immense dragline operates with a coal-powered generating station in the background. Smoke is coming out of a stack into a grey sky.

Canada missing opportunities to build community resilience amid global realignment

Hundreds of cars parked in a lot with containers and cranes in the background.

Why cheap Chinese EVs may cost Canada more in the long run

Massive stacks of red, blue and yellow containers are seen through driving snow with a red tractor trailer driving among them.

Could Trump’s tariffs break Canadians’ consensus on trade?

A line of redcoats marching in front of a burning building.

Why are younger Canadians more susceptible to Trump and the lure of the 51st state?

Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?

Four jets fly against a gray sky with a Canadian flag fluttering in the foreground.

We live in a dangerous world. Canada needs to bulk up

A woman holds up her hands with a message reading “Stop the war” written in black ink in her palms.

Canadian media need to more carefully consider op-eds on the Mideast

The true north strong and green?

A silhouetted woman in front of two landscape paintings. 

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

A hand holding a remote control in front of a television.

Is the CRTC capitulating to the streaming giants?

An abstract illustration showing the dark silhouettes of people conferring against a yellow backdrop.

Forty years later, we’re due for another big rethink about Canada’s future

A portrait of Donald Trump with his fist raised.

Donald Trump is changing the political culture of the United States

Canadian and European Union flags in foreground. In the background, ex Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks and appears between them.

How Canada could get much closer to Europe

The two men are smiling as Keith Rowley gives a thumbs-up to someone off screen. screen.

Canada should look south to the Caribbean amid Trump threats

A wide shot of Marco Rubio sitting alone at a long table. With onlookers behind him.

How Trump is reshaping global criminal justice co-operation

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 snow sculpture of U.S. President Donald Trump shows him dissolving into water.

Canadians don’t want to be the 51st state – and Americans don’t really want us

Justin Trudeau at the top of aircraft stairs, waving. To his right, a soldier salutes. To his left, Canada’s coat of arms is emblazoned on the side of the aircraft.

The mixed government legacy of Justin Trudeau

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