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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

Transforming long-term care starts with creating a national insurance program for it

The Liberals’ second budget with a gendered approach could be more robust

Le système de santé québécois doit se transformer en un système apprenant

Is modernizing the Official Languages Act a mission impossible?

Increasing immigration to boost population? Not so fast.

Long-term care insurance would better serve Canada’s aging population

Equitable funding for home care must be part of long-term care conversation

Réformer les soins et les services offerts aux personnes âgées au Québec

Le RQAP doit corriger des inégalités créées par les prestations bonifiées

Smart regulations for long-term care would focus on helping the workforce

Quebec’s attempt to unilaterally amend the Canadian Constitution won’t fly

Can Atlantic Canada benefit from immigration?

Conflating drug use and criminality is reinforcing racism in the courts

L’aide médicale à mourir en cas de troubles mentaux : leçons de l’expérience belge

The reality of care work

Four lessons from Quebec’s early child care model

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