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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

The Liberal politicization of charitable status

A kindergarten teacher helps a boy and girl with a class activity. They are looking at a piece of paper on a table in front of them while she is speaking with a red pen in hand.

Well-funded public schools are more important than election giveaways

Le meilleur des mondes selon Elon Musk

A photo of the sign at the entrance of Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council.

Speaking truth to power discouraged in public service

Notre mode de scrutin broche à foin

Canada should support Southeast Asian nations to help deal with China’s clout

A young girl in a classroom wears a mask. She’s doing schoolwork at a desk, with two other students at desks nearby.

Masks in schools: have mask mandates become a proxy for trust in public health?

Side view illustration of a woman whose head and shoulders have been split into six vertical segments with an orange background.

Mental health care doesn’t need to cost anything

Canada’s parliamentary watchdogs struggle for more financial independence

A bank of cables connect to network ports.

Taking data seriously: A call to public administrators

The Conservatives and carbon pricing

Le Québec est plus fort que ce que la droite identitaire veut nous faire croire

Canada’s Online News Act: Repeating Australia’s mistakes?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, in front of the flags of NATO countries.

Is Canada abandoning collective security in favour of a new isolationism?

La ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, Danielle McCann, s’adressant aux députés réunis au Salon bleu, le 6 avril 2022.

Liberté académique : pas assez et trop, en même temps

Governments must match civil society efforts to welcome refugees

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