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Two stats from the survey: 61 per cent lack confidence in the ability of public servants to plan for the future. And: 67 per cent: Lack confidence in the ability of public servants to spend taxpayers’ money wisely.

Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future

Healthcare workers wearing Ebola protective suits hold two young children at a treatment center in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo.

When aid retreats, Ebola advances

Cyber and crypto security shield on futuristic screen technology background.

Canada should keep its data out of U.S. hands

A tent, trash, and personal belongings at a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street in East Montreal.

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

A United Conservative Party of Alberta sign at a podium is shown in front of the Alberta flag.

Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?

Carney stands smiling, hands in suit-pants pockets, in the cavernous space of a military transport aircraft. Around him are several men in khaki and camouflage uniforms.

Buy Canadian won’t cost us much. That’s the problem

Four workers dressed in yellow protective suits with goggles and white head coverings carry a coffin through a patch of short vegetation while a distressed woman looks on. They are all behind red caution tape.

The Ebola story: how risk becomes politics

Champagne raises a hand to the robot, which is made of metal but has a human form, while Desmarais looks on.

Canada doesn’t need AI independence. It needs exit plans for critical sectors

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

The heritage Confederation building is blurred in the reflection of a modern glass tower. 

Former top bureaucrat calls for major overhaul of the federal government

Quatre personnes mangent autour d'une table au milieu de laquelle se trouve une boîte de Cheerios.Une fresque murale représente un phare.

Foundations underpin the structure of Canadian charities

Donald Trump speaking in front of an American flag.

Canada’s response to Trump tariff threats risks unintended consequences

Justin Trudeau’s fiscal legacy

A crowd of people with four protesters in the foreground hold multiingual signs saying “no human is illegal” and “respect the dignity of asylum seekers.”

The truth about asylum in Canada

The quiet separation / La séparation tranquille

A line graph showing 54 per cent of young people think they are worse off than their parents at the same age versus 25 per cent who think they are better off.

Five public-opinion trends to watch in 2025

Chrystia Freeland’s resignation points to final breakdown of cabinet government

Gould passes a thick stack of papers to a white man with dark hair and a beard dressed in a black suit. Gould is standing in the first row of desks, where several other people are sitting. She is white with glasses and long light-brown hair pulled back in an elastic. Her turtleneck is white with sleeves that reach her elbows. Her pants are black. The room has olive-green carpet, wood panelling and soft lighting.

A surgical way to salvage the fall economic statement

How much more tax will Ottawa levy, and how much will come from the dead?

The app shown on a mobile phone.

Overcoming online echo chambers requires institutional and individual commitment

Capital gains reform really did target the wealthiest

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