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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

The use of solitary confinement continues in Canada

Federal public service leaves work-from-home decision to departments

Le variant Omicron et les boucs émissaires de la CAQ

To lead in the 21st century, Canadian mayors need the power to propose

Sweeping deputy minister shuffle raises the question, “what took so long?”

Do MPs represent Canada’s diversity?

A line drawing of anonymous men sitting around a boardroom table.

Canada’s national security transparency is velvet glove, no fist

Why is settling an estate so unnecessarily complex?

Misinformation and Chinese interference in Canada’s affairs

What will the federal government and the provinces argue about in 2022?

Illuminated signs in Montreal urging caution about COVID-19.

Public opinion in Canada has been shifting, but not because of the pandemic

Time to get serious about mitigating disaster risk

Urgence climatique : la contribution des villes

Illustration of a man leaning against dominoes.

Managing future crises with lessons from COVID

Public service return to office thrown into doubt by Omicron variant

A pregnant woman looks at a map.

Birth tourism in Canada dropped sharply once the pandemic began

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