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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

Why COVID-19 is an inequality virus

Access to high-speed infrastructure is not the only barrier to connectivity

New construction can’t be allowed to sidestep energy efficiency

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

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