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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

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Declining Indigenous fertility rates will reshape their communities – and Canada

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New hate-crime bill must confront the enforcement gap

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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?

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Religious literacy can help Quebec balance identity and inclusion

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Leaving the comfort zone: Difficult issues in public sector reform

Universities need to rethink efforts to create impact in their communities

Climate resilience will need a federal, enforceable framework

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Improving equity, diversity and inclusion needs more than just lip service in education

Bill 21 offends the constitutional doctrine of neutrality to religion

Seniors need trauma-informed services in long-term care homes

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Rights and traditions will define Indigenous governance of the future

Canada needs to change the focus of its education aid to South Asia

With Parliament Hill in the distance, a large group of people in winter coats, hats and boots, a few holding large Canadian flags, stands opposite a long row of police officers standing opposite them, with a couple feet of space between the groups. One man in the foreground is leaning forward slightly and pointing a gloved finger at the officers opposite him as he says something.

We’re divided, but are Canadians really more polarized?

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A more principled approach to regulation

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Nudging the way to better public policy

A dozen men and women cross at a downtown intersection in Toronto’s downtown, surrounded by tall buildings as cars and a streetcar drive past on a sunny day.

Big hopes for Toronto’s first gender equity strategy

Sur la photo, une manchette du Journal de Montréal, tirée de l'édition du 29 septembre 2022.

Immigration: beyond numbers and controversies

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Canada should recommit to bilingualism

Looking at the expansion of the GST credit

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Canada’s top bureaucrat nudges public service toward hybrid office

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