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The yellow CL-415 flies in contrast against a bright blue sky.

Canada needs to plan further ahead to diversify its trade

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

Ontario Premier Doug Ford sits in the Ontario Legislature during Question Period on Tuesday November 1, 2022. The premier is in focus in the image while other members of the legislature are out of focus.

Robust public debate needed on use of notwithstanding clause

The flags of the provinces and territories are lined up on poles in front of a blue curtain in a conference room.

The notwithstanding clause is at the very heart of federalism

The notwithstanding clause and the separation of powers

“Cancel Disney +” and the Liberal government’s wrong approach to “greedflation”

Cars, trucks and RV trailers wait in adjacent lanes to pass in front of white four-sided tents with workers wearing fluorescent yellow and orange safety vests. A police car sits nearby, with two officers.

The unexamined implications of Canada’s pandemic-related interprovincial barriers

On a four-lane highway, traffic is bumper to bumper in one direction. Bordering the highway are low-rise industrial buildings, a lot with trucks parked, billboards, and in the distance a treed area and high-rise towers beyond them.

Allow competitor collaboration to help fight climate change

Public opinion on migration could sour amid food insecurity and climate change

Will the “Freeland Doctrine” make an appearance at climate talks in Egypt?

How to realistically elevate the status of Indigenous languages

A photo illustration showing a man in a suite before a wall of sticky notes with question marks.

Leaving the comfort zone: Difficult issues in public sector reform

The CRTC must remain free of political interference

Nuclear energy plays a key role in meeting Canada’s net-zero goals

Two men on a bike ride past a mountain of everyday articles piled high, stretching into the distance on a cloudy day. One man is driving the three-wheel bike, and the other is standing on one of eight or so bulging dirty sacks strapped to the back of the bike. Seagulls hover over the dump near a mechanical digger. The ground is covered in a slick of muddy water.

A just transition must include the world’s massive “invisible” workforce

Female and male scientists working on Computers In a modern laboratory with various shelves, beakers, chemicals and other equipment visible.

Science diplomacy should not just be part of trade promotion

The return key on a computer keyboard is coloured blue with the word “government contract” on it.

Federal IT contracting: Overdone and out of date

A handful of people in winter jackets and snow pants walk among a dozen parked tractors. Canadian flags are attached to several of the vehicles, and one flag is carried by one person.

Canada’s national security institutions have fallen woefully behind

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