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Two male black leaders stand at a podium while Jean Augustine appears on screen in the background.

Representation should not be an afterthought on Ottawa’s advisory councils

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Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

A sun sets behind the frame of a new home construction.

Ontario’s new law should make planning faster — not move the work elsewhere

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One poverty measure cannot capture Canada’s economic hardship

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Before schools embrace AI, Canada must protect children’s learning

Two men look at a betting app on a telephone while watching soccer.

Governments are gambling with Canadians’ well-being

An illustration of two telephones communicating, one featuring an older man and the other a robot.

Artificial intelligence regulation must not leave older adults behind

A grey-haired man in a hard hat looks out over a factory floor.

Canada has been dealt its demographic cards. Now it has to play them better

A Canadian dollar coin known as the loonie sitting atop a stack of other loonies.

You can’t make ends meet on minimum wage in Alberta

Illustration depicting colouful machine gears as and interlocking work station where a handful of people work with laptops.

A relatively simple measure of productivity

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Canadian banks have a role to play in preventing domestic violence

How to safeguard the CBC/Radio-Canada

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The troubling rise of income and wealth inequality in Canada

Freeland is at the podium with about a dozen people around her.

A systems approach would help prevent policy missteps

This is the moment to fix the mismatch in Canada’s housing supply

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What to do about intergenerational wealth inequality

Quebec’s attack on refugee sponsorship

Martin is one of several dozen people pictured sitting in four rows of chairs. Most everyone is clapping. Martin is smiling. Kale holds up a small Canadian flag. He and his mum are dressed in red.

Bill C-71 opens up a possible never-ending chain of citizenship

Canada’s recreation and parks sector is much more than fun and games

Le véhicule est blanc avec un marquage bleu. Le photographe a suivi l’ambulance en mouvement alors qu’elle passait devant un bâtiment vitré situé de l’autre côté de la rue, et qui est flou sur l’image.

Crisis-level ratings of the health system are a flashing danger sign

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

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