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Four men in suits on a gangplank admiring a submarine.

South Korea just changed the game and Canada needs its own grand bargain

A few dozen women and a couple men surround Sen. McPhedran who is at a podium.

Diversity of candidates is fundamental to trust in political leadership

A shiny new foodbank with food organized on shelves with aisles like a supermarket.

Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them

A man placing his hand in the open mouth of an alligator.

Homer Simpson’s gun and the notwithstanding clause

Multi-coloured animated figures gathered around an inner circle.

Governance 2.0: Having healthier conflict to make better decisions

An animated series of paddlers and canoes.

Honouring Indigenous self-determination by applying parallel paths

An animated figure posing in front of a farm.

How universities can be places of common ground in an age of diversity and polarization

An abstract image featuring the silhouettes of many people in shades of beige and brown, with a hand descending to put a ballot with an X in a box.

Why increased candidate diversity can help rebuild trust in Canadian politics

Une foule de personnes brandissent des pancartes devant un édifice du gouvernement aux États-Unis. En arrière-plan, on aperçoit l’édifice du Capitole.

Is the public service ready for a big Trump policy shift?

Signs held by protesters calling for financing of climate adaptation.

It’s time for climate policy to shift to adaptation and resilience

Civil society groups need to prepare for possible Conservative government

Civil society groups need to prepare for possible Conservative government

A multi-lane railroad cuts through a flat, barren and snowy landscape. About 10 tracks side by side are filled with black shipping containers filled with mounds of coal. On one side is a yard with stacked empty containers. On the other are clusters of low-rise buildings , with an empty two-lane highway running parallel.

Canada must defend Uyghur rights with strong action

Le premier ministre du Manitoba, Wab Kinew, sourit en faisant des gestes avec ses mains, tandis que le premier ministre de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Dennis King, assis à sa gauche, le regarde avec un sourire perplexe.

The contentious, necessary politics of internal trade

How to create a health-care superpower

Minority language rights in the digital age

Illustration of a tree with leaves shaped like hearts. On the branches, they are red. Some of them turn into birds flying away. The fallen leaves are dark or light grey.

The mirage of “death as a benefit”

Trump is sitting at a wood desk, leaning forward as he uses a large black marker to make his signature on a two-page document in a black folder. Several people stand behind the desk. He is in a blue suit and tie with a white shirt.

Pandemic-era lessons for the coming Trump tariff crisis

Mark Holland stands in front of Canadian flags and answers questions from journalists who hand him their microphone

Mark Holland’s new interpretation of the Canada Health Act: too little too late?

Justin Trudeau sits at the head of a boardroom talking to men and women in business attire. He has four Canadian flags behind him.

Lack of federal leadership hurts Canada’s response to Trump tariff threat

Farmers with brown sacks of grain draped over their shoulders walk among dried rice fields.

Equitable governance of agri-food data is imperative for global food security

Women hockey players from the Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres battle for a puck in front of the Toronto net.

Alberta’s new sport legislation built on fear and discrimination

A Sunstar and the thinner brittle stars sit on a carpet of green vegetation on the ocean floor.

Protecting the ocean floor could help mitigate climate change

Donald Trump speaks in front of a “Trump-Vance” podium with the dark, garish neogothic décor of Mar-a-Lago behind him.

Trump’s tariff threats add to woes facing Canadian infrastructure projects

The ‘Team Canada’ approach to Trump’s tariffs sounds good but exposes weakness

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