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A dozen or so teen girls sit at desks in rows, listening to a teacher speaking.

Education should be part of humanitarian aid from day one

A dozen men in fatigues stand around a small opening in the ground where a man is either coming out or going down.

What Canada should require when backing critical mineral projects in Africa

Cadets in formation standing at attention, many with their caps at their hearts.

Canada should put its money where its mouth is on the Cadet Program

Microphone at a podium in front of an audience.

Municipal public meetings need more than a microphone

Chart showing the volume of crude oil going to the Saint John refinery from other countries.

Getting Canadian oil to Atlantic Canada is in the national interest

Two male black leaders stand at a podium while Jean Augustine appears on screen in the background.

Representation should not be an afterthought on Ottawa’s advisory councils

He’s shaking hands on a stage in a crowded room.

Canada shouldn’t try to build everything it needs for the AI era

Mark Carney, wearing a blue suit, speaks in the House of Commons, surrounded by members of Parliament seated on the House benches.

How governments are squeezing debate in Parliament

Danielle Smith speaks before microphones with two Alberta flags in the blurred background.

Alberta’s Bill 18 is another strategy from Quebec’s playbook

Le chef du PQ agite les mains en parlant alors qu'il est entouré de quatre membres de son parti.

Here we go again? Making sense of the PQ’s rise in the polls

Des dizaines d’élèves, qu’on voit de dos, sont réunis dans une assemblée. Plusieurs lèvent la main pour s’exprimer ou pour voter.

An improved civic education will help sustain our democracy

A rottweiler puppy named Tank is examined by a veterinarian in Abbotsford, B.C., in 2019. B.C.’s draft legislation could simplify recognition of foreign vet credentials.

B.C. bill on international credential recognition is a good start but needs improvement

A red sign pointing left wing and a blue sign pointing right wing.

Alberta’s distorted view of their own political culture

Illustration of a woman lying in a hospital bed. She’s on a ventilator, and her eyes are closed.

Reality, not religion, is the reason people need MAiD-free health care

A worker in a reflective vest and hardhat stands on scaffolding just below the gilded Senate ceiling with red emblem featuring three lions who prepresent Canada’s historic ties to England.

Senate rules must keep pace with a changing institution

An Asian man is doing mechanical work in a factory. He is wearing safety glasses.

Visible minorities have difficulty accessing the labour market

Wearing a navy dress, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland receives applause from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and other members of the Liberal party after she presented the federal budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

Ottawa saves the day by raising capital gains tax

The five political and military leaders walk on the CFB Trenton Tarmac with a yellow-and-red search and rescue helicopter and a grey military transport jet in the background.

Our North, Strong and Free: Odd innovations in Canadian defence policy

Miller has his back to the camera. A man in a red bowtie and two women in red dresses face the camera with their hands raised as they take the oath. A couple dozen other people are in the background also with a hand raised.

Canada must be more audacious with efforts to attract global talent

Social media researchers are under attack. The online harms bill can help them fight back

Portes de couleur foncée marquées de grands chiffres 4 et 5 et du mot « examen » vues d'un couloir.

Federal budget an opportunity to seed transformational change to fix failing primary care system

Budget needs to set an accelerated course for a low-carbon future

Solar panels planted in a field against a grey sky.

Reaching net-zero calls for nimbler, more transparent assessment of clean energy projects

Two hands holding wood pellets.

Canada should avoid the mistakes the U.K. made in biomass for energy

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