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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

Construction workers Alt text: Single worker stands on a partially framed house.

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

An illustration showing a red line graph knocking apart a bag of groceries.

One poverty measure cannot capture Canada’s economic hardship

Four children gathered around a laptop with an adult standing behind it.

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

It’s time for Canada to jumpstart efforts to support families fleeing North Korea

Refugees in limbo because of growing use of tool to strip permanent residency

Learn and relearn French outside of Quebec

Making the Canada Disability Benefit work

A woman holding her phone walks along a gravel rode with shattered trees and debris from homes and vehicles in the background.

The gender gap in disaster preparedness

Why is housing cheaper in Quebec than in Ontario?

A stylized illustration depicting a diverse group of people wearing masks.

Future pandemics demand a response that’s better focused on inequities

Les logos de Google et de Meta s’affichent en gros plan, sur fond orangé, sur l’écran d’un téléphone. Le logo de Google est un G majuscule rouge, jaune, vert et bleu, tandis que celui de Meta représente une boucle de l’infini stylisée, de couleur indigo.

Canada’s bumpy ride toward a national news strategy

Make palliative care a priority in health-care funding negotiations

Une vingtaine d’enfants de toutes origines entourent et enlacent le gouverneur du Minnesota, Tim Walz, assis à une table. Quelques adultes sont présents sur la photo. À l’arrière, on peut voir sur un mur de grandes photos de fruits et de légumes.

Lessons from Minnesota’s progressive turn under Tim Walz

Trudeau enters a room in a daycare, with Furey behind him, passing through the doorway. The walls are bright orange and covered with stickers depicting pastel-coloured balloons and ice-cream cones with the dates of birthdays of the children written on the scoops of ice cream. Letters on the wall spell out “birthdays are sweet.” Other papers taped to the wall show the alphabet and numbers. Low shelves hold markers, crayons and other drawing supplies. The two men are smiling, and both wear dark pants, a white shirt and red ties.

Let’s make a deal: The Trudeau government’s social policy leadership

An adolescent girl sits cross-legged on a sofa next to a window with sheer white curtains. She’s downcast, leaning forward with one hand on her forehead and her elbow on her leg. She’s wearing jeans and a pastel-purple hoodie that covers her head.

Legal spanking of children has to stop

Young man with an artificial leg is working in a furniture factory. He is standing next to a large stack of wood, holding a two-by-four. He is wearing grey coveralls, a plaid shirt and light-brown suede shoes. He uses an artificial limb from the knee down on his left leg. It is a thin metal pole with a slightly larger dark blue piece of plastic just below the knee.

A focus on work needs to be part of the new Canada disability benefit

The word "immigration" is written on a white line that divides an asphalt surface in two. On one side, the Canadian flag, painted on the ground. On the other, a red travel bag and a pair of feet in blue sneakers.

What good does immigration bring?

Austerity in public education financing is fostering growing inequities in Canada

Using simulations to teach civics in high school could improve voter turnout

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