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Pothole in a Montreal's street.

Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money

Three children and an adult play a game on a carpet in a child-care centre while another adult looks on.

Child benefits work when they are generous and universal

A baseball diamond in the foreground with a chemical plant in the background.

Environmental racism: Canada must move from recognition to repair

A worker in a white helmet stands on scaffolding near the support beams for a roof.

How Build Canada Homes can build affordable housing fast

Three people standing over a hospital bed with a dummy baby.

Canada shouldn’t mistake immigrant entrepreneurship for inclusion

A dollar coin is photographed close-up standing on edge on a glass table with it’s reflection below. Other dollar coins surround it, laying down.

Financial literacy needs a co-ordinator, not more pamphlets

Typewriter with the words “Letter to the Editor” typed on a sheet of paper.

Academics should engage the public without replacing journalism

A pack of eight skaters lean hard into a curve.

A policy to safeguard female athletes

How to fix the patchwork system of paid sick leave in Canada

Why do we keep allowing cuts to universities?

Amid languishing numbers, Canada’s citizenship process needs to be modernized

For people with dementia, changes in MAiD law offer new hope

What has COVID-19 taught us about the barriers to online education?

Four solutions for a new normal after the pandemic

Investir dans les infrastructures sociales après la COVID-19

The blueprint to address systemic racism in First Nations’ housing

Transformational investment in child care is needed in budget 2021

COVID-19 shows us why Canada needs a federal alcohol act

Report into RCMP’s treatment of grieving Indigenous family left out key systemic problems

Le projet de loi C-10 sur la radiodiffusion a besoin d’importantes modifications

Recognizing the role of religious groups in refugee sponsorship

With more than 250,000 households in arrears, it’s time for rent forgiveness

Tackling racism against Asian-Canadians as multiculturalism turns 50

New gun-control legislation needs to control replica guns to keep Canadians safe

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