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The Carney government’s policy pivot amid global turmoil requires reshaping how government works

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When neutrality becomes policy, equity suffers in Canadian institutions

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Rethinking retaliation in the age of Trump

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Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security

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Build a real financial crimes force to hit terrorist financing

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Canada needs more defence autonomy in a less reliable world

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

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

How Canada could achieve digital sovereignty

How Carney can use policy to unite the country

Indigenous National Chief Cindy Woodhouse speaking at podium during an assembly, surrounded by First Nations representatives and flags.

What Trump’s threat to Canadian sovereignty reveals about Indigenous struggles

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Saving our textile industry starts with a resolve to Buy Canadian

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Bill 96 erodes legislative language equality

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Equity and transparency: how to even the playing field in infrastructure spending

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It is easy to pretend to be progressive at no cost

Canada needs an enhanced strategic approach in the High North

Pierre Poilievre traverse une scène avec un drapeau canadien en arrière-plan.

Public servants running in record numbers flip partisan assumptions

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The chronic failure to pass social legislation

Canadian political parties keep more promises than you might think

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Canada and Europe need a talent hub to overcome Trump threats

Poilievre is smiling as he stands in the middle of a room filled with seated people. A few of them hold signs saying “change.” Poilievre looks relaxed in a dark blue suit and white shirt. He has a mic to his mouth.

Voters must not allow Poilievre to import Trump’s war on science

A line graph showing Canada’s GDP per person sliding compared to that of the United States from a peak of 93.9 per cent in 1981 to 75.5 per cent in 2021. It stood at 78 per cent in the most recent year, 2023.

The perils of per capita GDP: No, Canada is not poorer than Alabama

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The misleading use of per capita GDP: Numerators, denominators and living standards

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Canada’s social safety net is stuck in the 1960s

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