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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

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

Immigration: beyond numbers and controversies

A woman in a grey T-shirt and wearing a mask walks by a sign that says “nous sommes ouvert / we are open” for a coffee shop called Café Bazin.

Canada should recommit to bilingualism

Looking at the expansion of the GST credit

Un ouvrier en silhouette portant un sac à dos marche dans un immeuble de bureaux sombre non identifié. D’autres bâtiments et un ciel bleu ne montrant qu’un seul nuage se reflètent dans les fenêtres.

Canada’s top bureaucrat nudges public service toward hybrid office

Cartoon depicting a cute money jar with a heart on it, held up by two hands, surrounded by hands with coins and dollar bills, piggy banks and envelopes.

As inflation grips Canada, people turn to crowdfunding to meet basic needs

Is bilingualism doomed?

Funding for abstinence-based programing won’t combat drug toxicity

A woman sits on a sofa and leaning forward, hands clasped, speaking with a person sitting opposite her with a clipboard and pen in hand.

The urgent need for mental health-care supports

Cinq partis, cinq visions des services aux familles

Police implementation of the Charter of Rights

A woman leads a small classroom of adult students.

Time to bring adult education out of the corner to better support the learning of all Canadians

TikTok page showing the face of Rayne Fisher-Quann in 18 thumbnails of her TikTok videos.

It’s time for an online creators act

Improving access to job placement programs for youth in Toronto shelters

Who is receiving social assistance?

Middle-aged white man points to paper plans as three younger white workers (two men, one woman) look on. They are all wearing fluorescent green safety vests, standing near a brick building with scaffolding.

Could Quebec’s skills training model help solve Canada’s labour shortage?

Le Québec doit continuer de miser sur les CPE

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