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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

Redesigning Canada’s social safety net for the post-pandemic economy

We need to heal traumatized urban landscapes – and people – after COVID

Death of a mutual, and the drift away from “neighbours helping neighbours”

Quebec’s Bill 21: Is there room for more than one view of religion in Canada?

Long-term care reform in Canada will require a massive, multi-year effort

Ambiguous energy efficiency targets are part of the problem, but there is a clear solution

Making Canada’s skills-development system up-to-date and more effective should be evidence-based and grounded in top-quality research

The case for municipal cemetery planning in Ontario

Winnipeg’s Boldness Project reimagines an urban landscape with Indigenous voices shaping policy

Good planning and social cohesion intersect during the pandemic and recovery

How to grow an accessible, high quality, equitable child care system

In a post-pandemic recovery, what will laid-off workers do to get back on their feet?

How better data can help parents looking for child care

Residential schools: We must read the Commission reports

Is Canada’s first proposed foreign influence legislation ruthless or toothless?

La promesse d’une prestation canadienne pour les personnes handicapées

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