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Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon holds up a chart while sitting at a table.

Why the Parti Québécois can’t limit asylum seekers in Quebec

A man in a mask works on his sailboat in Toronto.

Canada doesn’t need another climate plan. It needs the machinery to deliver

Pink coloured minerals.

Potash could anchor a new Canada-India trade partnership

A portrait of Mark Carney surrounded by the yellow stars of the European Union flag.

Effective trade diversification depends on small and medium businesses

An unidentifiable patient in a hospital bed.

Canada should define death in law

People with their backs to the camera have their hands raised in a stock-photo meeting.

New housing co-ops need stronger democratic safeguards

An adult’s hand holds a child’s wrist as the child points toward the name Daljit Singh Grewal on a stone memorial with hundreds of names.

Forty-one years after the Air India bombing, families still wait for justice

People holding small Canadian flags and a sign saying “never 51st” sit in front of a larger Canadian flag.

How much are Canadians willing to pay to diversify trade?

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

Prefabricated housing offers one solution to the supply crisis

The cost-of-living crisis for social-assistance recipients

Une personne est assise à un bureau. Devant elle se trouve une balance dorée. D’un côté, on y voit un hologramme des lettres AI, pour « artificial intelligence ». De l’autre, l’hologramme d’un cerveau.

Quebec can become a leader in responsible artificial intelligence

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