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An aerial perspective shows two tractors moving side by side along long rows of carrots as they are loaded into boxes on the two flatbeds.

Canada’s food security strategy leaves too much off the table

A dozen or so teen girls sit at desks in rows, listening to a teacher speaking.

Education should be part of humanitarian aid from day one

A bridge is in the foreground and a small passenger plane in the background amid an orange haze.

Canada’s buildings can do more than consume electricity

A closeup of a student’s hand, writing with a pencil.

Canada’s PISA scores hit record lows. Don’t let rankings drive reform

Cadets in formation standing at attention, many with their caps at their hearts.

Canada should put its money where its mouth is on the Cadet Program

A bronze statue of a woman holding a proclamation to the sky with one hand.

Canada must reckon with its history of slavery

People rush past a man sitting on the street wrapped in a blanket.

Canada can choose to prevent youth homelessness. The U.K. shows the way

Line drawing of two sets of scales.

To understand poverty, governments need more than one measure

A collage of colourful paper cutouts of hands.

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

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.

Une tête d’aigle stylisée orne la portière d’une voiture de police, en gros plan, à côté du nom de la Première Nation et du mot « police » écrit en très grosses lettres, en gris pâle sur fond noir.

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

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