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Brightly coloured crayons in pots with an empty daycare centre in the background.

Child-care policy should serve families, not just the economy

A row of white two-storey homes sits across from a couple standalone homes.

It should be easier to invest savings in community projects

People with their backs to the camera have their hands raised in a stock-photo meeting.

New housing co-ops need stronger democratic safeguards

Digital arrows are forming a loop and are surrounded by microchips.

Disability policy offers Canada a blueprint for governing AI

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

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

Canada needs to address the issue of modern slavery

Wrestling the long arm of authoritarianism

Two police vehicles are parked as an officer watches evening crowds in downtown Toronto.

What happens when police commit crimes?

People, some sitting, some standing, sport light-blue masks during a stop at a station.

COVID-19 responses were always going to be inequitable

An RCMP cruiser parked on a road.

The RCMP needs comprehensive reform

We need to better understand how racialized minorities are being hit by inflation

Recruiting and training is the number one concern for SMEs

Democratic life and the generational implications of pandemic school closures

Illustration of an evening city skyline with a bundled stream of zeroes and ones emanating from it.

A digital transformation can make Canada’s immigration system world-class

Tackling Islamophobia begins by rebuilding trust with the Muslim community

La main ridée d'une femme âgée saisit la poignée d'un déambulateur alors qu'elle est assise sur un balcon au soleil.

Who is actually eligible for medical assistance in dying in Quebec?

Top bureaucrat urges summer test drive of hybrid public service workforce

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