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Four Canadian passports

Birthright citizenship and the politics of “birth tourism”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner shot in profile against a blue sky.

Why “jail, not bail” fails: Doug Ford’s evidence problem

A woman holds a lit candle with signs that say “Save the CDC” and “CDC saves lives.”

Canada can’t rely on U.S. health and food safety as Trump dismantles agencies

Ostriches gathered around a feeder.

On ostriches, polarizing politics and buried heads

The street is unpaved and lined with low-rise brick buildings, a church and lots of electrical poles and overhead wires.

Building a health workforce that reflects the people it serves

A hand points at a screen showing an array of purple dots and swipes.

Canada’s health data is flowing abroad while Ottawa stalls on AI rules

: Des figurines miniatures debout sur des piles de pièces de différentes hauteurs. Un concept illustrant les inégalités économiques.

Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

Main entrance of Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal, with cars in front of the pavilion and a man walking with a cane and a travel bag, seen from behind.

Transforming health systems: Moving beyond magical thinking to disciplined action

How to help older Canadians continue to work

Tight crop around a woman’s bare belly, where a handheld monitor is attached to a small, metal sensor being held to the skin.

Health policies need to stop marginalizing Indigenous midwives

Young woman with down syndrome leans against a brick wall while she texts on a cell phone. She has a straw hat and a navy blue short-sleeved shirt with white and red stripes across it.

The disability tax credit needs immediate reform

Closeup of an iphone with a home screen full of social-media apps. The person holding it has dark brown chipped nail polish and faded jeans with a smiley face drawn on the denim, along with a large rip in the knee.

The Online Harms Act should target social media’s greatest harm

Support for sovereignty in Quebec: the role of identity, culture and language

It’s a wide intersection, with three pedestrians in the crosswalk, and a person on a motor scooter in traffic along with cars and trucks.

Ontario auto insurance reforms offer no real “choice” for low-wage workers

Stop tying applications for disability income assistance to doctors

A steady stream of people cross in both directions, walking over tram lines and under a web of electric lines that power the streetcars.

Questions persist as Ottawa prepares Citizenship Act amendments

Danielle Smith speaks before microphones with two Alberta flags in the blurred background.

Alberta’s Bill 18 is another strategy from Quebec’s playbook

Illustration of a woman lying in a hospital bed. She’s on a ventilator, and her eyes are closed.

Reality, not religion, is the reason people need MAiD-free health care

A smiling young Black woman sits at a white desk with a white chair. In front of her is a laptop, a notebook, a couple pages of paper with charts. She is writing in a notebook. A yellow sofa and a white rug, a small three-legged side table with a small potted plant and a larger houseplant are behind her.

The lasting impacts of work-from-home

Portes de couleur foncée marquées de grands chiffres 4 et 5 et du mot « examen » vues d'un couloir.

Federal budget an opportunity to seed transformational change to fix failing primary care system

Two sets of hands, one set with nails painted pink, hold a small yellow chain-link puzzle against a grey table.

A dementia-friendly plan in Toronto could lead the way for Canada

Shelves of pill bottles.

National pharmacare must be protected from corporate interests

L'homme et son lit sont entourés d'un enchevêtrement de tubes et de cordons, avec deux moniteurs à proximité le long d'un poteau métallique avec des poches de liquide.

Where are the reviews of government action on COVID-19?

Un chat est sur une table d’examen vétérinaire.

Multinationals are taking over veterinary clinics

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