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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

Map of Canada with flags of Canada & Quebec

Good news for Quebec’s sovereigntists

Members of a large crowd in an auditorium look on as the minister shakes hands. A small Canadian flag is in the foreground.

Better co-ordination and governance needed to steer Canada’s migration policies

The case for permanent standard time

About 10 young men and boys sit at tables of sewing machines, feeding fabric into them. Piles of fabric are heaped on the floor. The walls are pink, and a dirty tarp is pinned up in an opening in the wall.

Canada is implementing a forced-labour import ban. Will it help exploited workers?

A surplus in the federal public-service pension plan presents the government with many options

A close-up photo of Kaycee Madu at a microphone.

The Law Society of Alberta’s decision on Kaycee Madu is unjust

Trump vs. democracy itself

Dr. Boozary on the right is wearing a hospital scrub shirt and is holding a stethoscope. Fred Vitor holds a folder of papers while sitting on an examination table.

Patients benefit from providing health care alongside housing and other social supports

Anita Anand is viewed speaking in a slim space break between two people.

Public service job cuts loom as Ottawa misses spending and deficit targets

A stack of books with a stethoscope on top.

Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis

A map of Alaska and northern Canada showing the Beaufort Sea at the boundary between them.

Negotiating the Beaufort boundary with the U.S. can serve as an example to the world

The highway curves to the right and is part of a network of curving highways surrounded by green grass, pockets of evergreens and low-rise buildings here and there.

Neither effective nor fair: it’s time to replace the federal carbon tax

Institutions, not international students, are to blame for rising asylum claims

Ukrainian and Canadian flags are in the foreground as the ministers walk in line chatting.

Montreal summit a positive step on road to peace in Ukraine

Canada’s battlegroup in Latvia is too vulnerable to deter a Russian invasion

Poilievre smiles as he holds a white and red sign that says “axe the tax,” with a black sharpie in one hand. He’s seated at a table with a couple of flags draped behind him. He’s in a black t-shirt with the “axe the tax” slogan on it.

What should be in a plain-speaking Conservative climate plan

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