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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?

Above their heads, they hold sheets of paper that outline calls for health-care accessibility.

Excluding people with disabilities from development initiatives must end

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Canada cannot sell gender equality abroad without practising it at home

Two small children tussle under an arc of water.

Declining Indigenous fertility rates will reshape their communities – and Canada

All four are standing in front of a wall lined with provincial flags. Fraser is at a podium.

New hate-crime bill must confront the enforcement gap

A 20-something man reaches across a table in an office to shake hands with a colleague.

As AI claims entry-level jobs, we need to prioritize real-world experience for young people alongside learning

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Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

Lines of people bent over in prayer at night.

Religious literacy can help Quebec balance identity and inclusion

Closeup of a young girl sitting hunched over while she looks at her phone. In the background, three other kids sit together. One is laughing.

A safer online experience doesn’t require sacrificing privacy

How to help older Canadians continue to work

Happy Fête nationale to all of Quebec’s ‟polyglots,” but not to anglophones

Two women are pictured on a street with their arms open moments before they embrace.

The danger of turning the refugee sponsorship experience into a paperwork nightmare

Beech speaks at a podium in front of a wall of windows. A Canadian flag hangs nearby. Several rows of older people are seated as they listen.

Where are the provinces in Canada’s welfare-state boom?

Ottawa has opportunity to create an effective energy retrofit program for low-income households

A brown paper bag filled with vegetables is laid out on a dark grey stone background. Visible are a bottle of milk, loaf of bread, lettuce, an avocado, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, mushroom, lemon, orange, eggs, broccoli and an apple.

A grocer’s code of conduct isn’t a silver bullet. The right to food comes first.

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First Nations policing legislation misses the mark

A child concentrating intently on a laptop screen.

Federal legislation needs further amendments to protect children’s privacy

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

Online harms need a gender-based analysis

Online harms need a gender-based analysis

Canada needs to start seeing Africa as a collaborator

More female peacekeepers essential to protect children in conflict zones

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

Bikini-clad girl on the beach is holding a smartphone with the OnlyFans app on the screen. Everything but the phone is in soft focus.

Canada must end financial discrimination against sex workers

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

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