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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 hospital waiting area.

Why it’s time to move past the Canada Health Act

A display of items made of ivory including tusks and an elephant carving.

Canada needs a national strategy to fight environmental crime

Six people are gathered around the rhino on the ground.

Where does Canada stand on international environmental crime?

A closeup of a weathered grey tail of a CF-18 Hornet, with the dark grey Canadian flag stamped on it.

Canada needs a real debate on its defence buildup

Thomas Courchene in a suit standing for a portrait.

Tom Courchene showed how economists can shape public policy

A sketch of Umar Zameer, the accused, in a grey suit alongside gowned lawyers, in front of a judge and jury.

Oversight fails when police investigate police

A patch depicting a Canadian flag is sewn on the sleeve.

Civil-military tensions still shape Canada’s armed forces

Three doctors operate in a room with two hanging lights and very little else.

Canada must act to protect hospitals in war zones

A man carries a child on the beach with oil tankers and cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz in the background.

The Carney government’s policy pivot amid global turmoil requires reshaping how government works

A multi-coloured illustration of people in a group.

When neutrality becomes policy, equity suffers in Canadian institutions

Large hand gripping a chess piece on a chessboard, symbolizing control, power imbalance and strategic pressure in Canada-U.S. relations.

Rethinking retaliation in the age of Trump

An overhead view of a combine harvester cutting a swath through a field of brown plants, alongside a tractor towing a grain trailer.

Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security

An animated image of a person in a laptop computer with a rope pulling a bank card from another laptop.

Build a real financial crimes force to hit terrorist financing

A close-up photo of a belt of ammunition a soldier is carrying around their neck.

Canada needs more defence autonomy in a less reliable world

Three cranes working on three towers are in darkened silhouette against a dark blue sky.

B.C.’s Bill 11 improves housing safety, but raises risks for tenants

A dozen or so women are lined up outside.

U.S. expansion of the global gag rule is a leadership test for Canada

A man gesticulates talking to a woman, who is holding the bridge of her nose in a pose of stress.

Criminalizing coercive control is necessary, but not enough

Two cows photographed from below with a blue sky with puffy clouds in the background.

Food security needs to be part of Canada’s defence strategy

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