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Carney stands at a podium in front of a blue-and-white Jewish flag.

When Jewish Canadians lose confidence in public safety

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

A coherent global health strategy would help Canada lead in the world

A coherent global health strategy would help Canada lead in the world

In a lab, a pair of hands in blue latex gloves holds an instrument that drops liquid into a clear shallow, round piece of plastic. Above the specimen is a machine with a tube aiming down. A rack holding several small tubes sits nearby.

Dismantling systemic ableism in health research

History isn’t repeating itself on LGBTQ rights. That is concerning.

Next to a tall glass tower, the exposed storeys of a new tower are going up. The concrete floors are held up by temporary orange-coloured steel supports. The metal fence around the project has five signs identifying the construction company and warning trucks not to back up without a flag man. Directions for an on-site defibrillator are there as well as warning signs.

Ottawa must make sure it’s truly boosting housing supply with its funding surge

The end of the Quebec model in higher education?

Dozens of containers are stacked on top of each other. The stacks are six high and probably higher. Most containers are rusty-red in colour, and others are white, green, yellow, green, dark blue and grey.

Canada needs an integrated economic-security strategy

We see about 20 storeys of two towers, one complete with floor-to-ceiling glass, the other partially finished, with the five upper floors less complete. The balconies on the new building have a decorative material, curved sheets of light grey metal. Taken together, they resemble a pattern of undulating small ocean waves.

Let’s stop calling it a housing crisis

Peddle is a white woman who looks to be in her 20s. She’s wearing an oversized fluorescent orange, yellow and grey safety jacket over a black hoodie. Her ballcap is white. She’s smiling and holds two fingers in the peace sign. Behind her are several camping tents, some grey and red, some blue and turquoise. The grass is green. An elegant building sits in the distance.

Advancing a Team Canada approach to housing

Hundreds of people stand on a busy city street that has a lot of overhead power lines crisscrossing above. The area in front of them has no traffic. Vendor stalls covered with tarps line the street.

Stop thinking of foreign aid as a tool for global influence

A four-storey building with is underway, with the top floor still in beginning stages and no roof yet. The balconies have their wooden beginnings, and the exterior wood walls are tinted green. Stacks of lumber sit on the far side of the building. Piles of construction debris are piled in front.

The precedent for a federal leadership role in housing

Can building more affordable housing be compatible with local democracy?

Balancing ambition with pragmatism in Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

B.C. ban on public consumption of some drugs would harm the vulnerable

Was COVID-19 managed based on science, public opinion or the emotions of decision-makers?

Three men wearing suits, seated at a desk in front of a row of Quebec flags, are about to give a press conference. They are wearing face coverings. The man in the middle removes his mask.

Quebec’s lack of transparency during the pandemic was a mistake

A youth with pink hair holds a sign saying “Hands off trans rights” next to another youth with blonde hair with a sign saying “the youth are our future.” Other protesters are in the background.

Changes are needed to limit provincial use of the notwithstanding clause

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