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Ostriches gathered around a feeder.

On ostriches, polarizing politics and buried heads

Maria Ressa gestures with both hands from the behind the podium of the general assembly with the UN logo on it.

Countering the threat of AI manipulation by authoritarian states

All five stand in a row looking around, some smiling, some not.

Who governs the digital sphere? How U.S. proxy lobbying erodes Canada’s digital sovereignty

Mark Carney speaking at a podium, viewed from the side, with dark background.

Carney’s industrial bet: Building Canada’s future while cutting the public service

Mark Carney and François-Philippe Champaign joke together while children stand in the background looking unimpressed.

Fiscal rules and the return of discipline to Canada’s finances

Des passants traversent une intersection animée au centre-ville, sous un ciel gris. Les immeubles environnants, dont un avec le logo de Google, se reflètent dans une flaque d’eau au premier plan. Les décorations lumineuses des arbres évoquent la période des Fêtes.

Quebec since 1995: decline or progress?

A fish-eye wide angle lens view of a corridor between servers.

The right way for Canada to secure cloud sovereignty

Illustration of two hands passing a like button between them.

The emerging political power of social media influencers

An illustration using a series of cogs, with one painted like a Canadian flag.

Does size really matter? Rethinking public service reform

The eight ministers are bundled up against the cold with a sign for their meeting in front of them and a bright blue sky behind them.

It’s time for Canada to have a foreign policy

The metal crest is ornate with elements that include depictions of the fleur-de-lys, a harp, maple leaves, the Union Jack flag and a crown at the top.

UCP cuts to Alberta Legal Aid will hurt the most vulnerable

The tanker is docked alongside another ship at a jetty. 

A day late and a dollar short: Exporting Canadian natural gas to the EU

Many Canadians are outraged by the tariffs and Donald Trump’s talk of annexing Canada.

If it comes to it, Canadian courts can and must be ready to resist U.S. annexation

Un drapeau du Canada flotte au-dessus du Parlement. Des nuages gris assombrissent le ciel.

Open letter to the next prime minister: We need a royal commission on Canada’s future

Massive stacks of red, blue and yellow containers are seen through driving snow with a red tractor trailer driving among them.

Could Trump’s tariffs break Canadians’ consensus on trade?

A line of redcoats marching in front of a burning building.

Why are younger Canadians more susceptible to Trump and the lure of the 51st state?

Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?

Four jets fly against a gray sky with a Canadian flag fluttering in the foreground.

We live in a dangerous world. Canada needs to bulk up

A woman holds up her hands with a message reading “Stop the war” written in black ink in her palms.

Canadian media need to more carefully consider op-eds on the Mideast

The true north strong and green?

A silhouetted woman in front of two landscape paintings. 

Canada’s overzealous copyright law deprives us of our own cultural heritage

A hand holding a remote control in front of a television.

Is the CRTC capitulating to the streaming giants?

An abstract illustration showing the dark silhouettes of people conferring against a yellow backdrop.

Forty years later, we’re due for another big rethink about Canada’s future

A portrait of Donald Trump with his fist raised.

Donald Trump is changing the political culture of the United States

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