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Home decarbonization requires tailored policies

A cafeteria worker hands a plate with tomatoes, a piece of orange, and a sandwich to a child.

A national school food policy is no substitute for reducing food insecurity

Brownfield redevelopment is a better alternative than urban sprawl

Harm-reduction policy is necessary to save lives in opioid crisis

View from a high-rise showing snow-covered roofs of homes and shops on a few blocks of downtown streets, with street lights glowing with the backdrop of a flat grey sky at dusk.

Has immigration become a third rail in Canadian politics?

Climate resilience will need a federal, enforceable framework

Improving access to job placement programs for youth in Toronto shelters

A village of low-rise apartment buildings and a few shops sit between forest and the waterfront.

The need for Indigenous-led housing

“Sleeping rough” is a problem that needs tailored homelessness solutions

Canada’s ineffective building energy regulations are the elephant in the warming room

Personne n’est à l’abri de la crise du logement

Affordable, secure and adequate housing as an economic strategy

Rising house prices and the challenge governments face

Federal tax policy incentivizes demolition over reuse

We need to focus on the problem of crowding, not density, in our cities

More innovative transit, mixed-use development and cities’ essential workers

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