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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

View from a high-rise showing snow-covered roofs of homes and shops on a few blocks of downtown streets, with street lights glowing with the backdrop of a flat grey sky at dusk.

Has immigration become a third rail in Canadian politics?

Looking up at man in hardhat and orange safety vest who is standing on a concrete platform with a larger concrete slab above him. He is talking to two similarly clad men who are standing in a small metal cage lifted up by machinery. They are several feet lower than the first man.

To reform Employment Insurance, Ottawa must change the way it is financed

The differences between Canada and the U.S. remain significant

Canada’s immigration policy is at a crossroads

The two best ways to help oil and gas workers exit the sector

Work skills must be central to Canadian immigration efforts

Community health hubs could provide sorely missing primary care

Is birth tourism about to return now that travel restrictions have been lifted?

Polarisation, action climatique et subvention : le cas canadien

The federal dental plan may fall short of expectations

Public opinion on migration could sour amid food insecurity and climate change

How to realistically elevate the status of Indigenous languages

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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

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