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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

Do you need to punch to be prime minister?

Rape myths and sexism still cloud police responses to sexualized violence

The misogyny of the so-called “rough sex” defence

The risk of oversimplifying the birth tourism debate

Legal gaps persist for intimate partner sexual violence after key ruling

How a minority government changes life for public servants

Les délais de prescription dans les cas de violence sexuelle

Administrative law just got a new ‘standard of review’

Despite soaring Indigenous incarceration, minimum sentencing persists

How the minority Parliament can help respond to sexualized violence

Canada is missing the boat on China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Monarchy’s rights, privileges and symbols in Canada can be changed

L’Europe qui reste
Chronique

What constitutes the legitimate use of the notwithstanding clause?

Birth tourism and the demonizing of pregnant migrant women

Big Brother, Big Data and Statistics Canada

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