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COVID-19 had hard lessons on the importance of equity in population health research

Make palliative care a priority in health-care funding negotiations

Trudeau enters a room in a daycare, with Furey behind him, passing through the doorway. The walls are bright orange and covered with stickers depicting pastel-coloured balloons and ice-cream cones with the dates of birthdays of the children written on the scoops of ice cream. Letters on the wall spell out “birthdays are sweet.” Other papers taped to the wall show the alphabet and numbers. Low shelves hold markers, crayons and other drawing supplies. The two men are smiling, and both wear dark pants, a white shirt and red ties.

Let’s make a deal: The Trudeau government’s social policy leadership

Young man with an artificial leg is working in a furniture factory. He is standing next to a large stack of wood, holding a two-by-four. He is wearing grey coveralls, a plaid shirt and light-brown suede shoes. He uses an artificial limb from the knee down on his left leg. It is a thin metal pole with a slightly larger dark blue piece of plastic just below the knee.

A focus on work needs to be part of the new Canada disability benefit

A cow stretches her neck and shows her head, in front of a field of long grass beneath a blue sky. Three clouds form the letters C and O, followed by the number 2.

How to eat less meat to save the planet (and our own health)

Well-being of children with disabilities calls for rights-based policies

Four women talk in a nurses’ station, where four computers are set up, and paper notices are taped to the walls and windows, which are covered with blinds on the other side of the glass. The women are all masked. One looks at a computer; another has her hand on the first woman’s shoulder.

Panacea or peril? Assessing private clinics in Canadian health care

Trois affiches sont visibles sur un poteau qui s’élève en bordure d’une route pavée. Celle du haut invite à circuler à basse vitesse en raison de la présence possible d’enfants, celle du milieu signale que les lieux sont une propriété privée de la nation Squamish et la dernière, plus grande, recommande aux gens de s’isoler chez eux ou, à défaut, de maintenir une distanciation sociale. Un filet de basket-ball est visible derrière les panneaux et l’on aperçoit un village en arrière-plan.

First Nations, federalism and lessons from the fight against COVID-19

A view of Parliament Hill with two construction cranes with the Alexandria Bridge in the foreground taken from a drone above the Outaouais River.

Who’s going to finally fix federal public service management?

A man gives a woman the finger with both hands while she wags her finger at him. The man is wearing a mask. In the background protesters wave Canadian flags and wear T-shirts disparaging Justin Trudeau with nasty language.

‘Winner-take-all’ politics threatens Canadian democracy

Une douzaine de femmes et d'hommes se tiennent en une longue rangée devant un mur tapissé des drapeaux de chaque province. Ils sont habillés en costume, les mains jointes devant eux. Plusieurs projecteurs éclairent certaines parties de la rangée mieux que d'autres.

Who the public trusted during the pandemic

What was different about Ontario’s COVID-19 response

How federalism failed Canadian cities during COVID-19

Transport trucks approach the Canada/USA border crossing in Windsor, Ont. on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

Stress testing Canadian governance

Emergency law needs to change for the climate crisis era

The “failure of federalism” at the siege of Ottawa was primarily a failure of governance

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