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Four soldiers climbing snowy steps carrying gear from a boat.

Why Greenland doesn’t want Trump’s America

Four soldiers in camouflage laying in dead grass firing weapons.

Universities can help solve the Canadian military’s mobilization problem

Stone façade of a building with two signs advertising a 4½ apartment for rent. One is an orange “For rent” sign; the other is a handwritten notice with details.

Escaping the housing trap: what the Carney budget reveals

A woman dealing with a pile of bills with a calculator photographed from above.

Canada’s new code to prevent economic abuse lacks teeth

A small group of reporters surrounds the chief with microphones outstretched toward her. They are standing in a clearing of a wooded area next to a metal electricity tower.

How to combat reconciliatory backsliding

Three men in blue coveralls stand side by side looking at machinery in the distance.

Shifting Canada’s postsecondary system to shape future growth

Two boys at a chalkboard covered in math problems.

AI in the classroom is here. A policy patchwork is failing Canadian students

Ontario Premier Doug Ford leads Prime Minister Mark Carney off stage to the right leave following an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

What return-to-office mandates mean for women in the workforce

Un homme travaille sur un ordinateur portable. On ne voit que ses mains et ses bras, avec les manches retroussées d’une chemise turquoise. Un petit symbole de droit d’auteur (un "c" blanc dans un cercle) est superposé à l’image, ainsi que d’autres petites images représentant un cadenas, un triangle avec un point d’exclamation (un signe d’avertissement), une ampoule, un écran d’ordinateur, un presse-papiers avec une coche.

Four things to fix in Canada’s Copyright Act

Harnessing growth to create positive neighbourhood change

Worsening gender inequality in Waterloo is a warning for all of Canada

Canada needs new immigrants, but must plan for the consequences

Four steps to relieving the Canadian housing crisis

Seen from above sits a box of canned foods. We see the arms and hands of a man holding one of the tins. Another person’s hand holds a clear plastic bag of flat noodles.

Provinces must join effort to help disabled escape poverty

Six étudiants en médecine portant leur uniforme bleu et leur stéthoscope, deux garçons, quatre filles, sourient à la caméra.

How to train more doctors in Quebec

A close up photo of mobile phone parts.

The empty success of recent amendments to Canada’s right-to-repair bill

High-quality training programs needed to weather labour market disruptions

Des présentoirs de magasin colorés et attrayants, avec des personnages enfantins, montrent des friandises.

Mignons, mais néfastes

CMHC is supportive of renovations, but our tax laws are not

Time to ban non-disclosure agreements

Community self-determination can address the Northern housing crisis

The eternal land shortage municipal planning departments can fix

Quebec’s other quiet revolution

Gender-equal cabinets have done little so far for women and girls living with male violence

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