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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

Cadets in formation standing at attention, many with their caps at their hearts.

Canada should put its money where its mouth is on the Cadet Program

A bronze statue of a woman holding a proclamation to the sky with one hand.

Canada must reckon with its history of slavery

People rush past a man sitting on the street wrapped in a blanket.

Canada can choose to prevent youth homelessness. The U.K. shows the way

Line drawing of two sets of scales.

To understand poverty, governments need more than one measure

A step toward the Employment Insurance program Canada once had

Proper funding for women’s health research could save lives during pandemic

Canada’s “just society” has yet to be realized for many citizens

Homelessness could rise with economic downturn

Le respect des droits des enfants et des jeunes pendant la pandémie

Canada’s economic stability hinges on an equitable recovery for women

How do taxes and public benefits evolve over the course of a taxpayer’s life?

Transit is in grave danger of falling into a death spiral

A reform of taxes would make a Guaranteed Livable Income feasible

Why certain Canadians were much more financially vulnerable to COVID-19

La mortalité liée à la COVID-19 chez le personnel de la santé au Canada

Canadians must rescue schools from a broken and bureaucratic system

Fight violence with more social spending, not more police

Government should change outmoded fundraising rules for charities

Ontario’s Bill 184 and the myth of tenant protection

Governments have failed to protect the incarcerated during pandemic

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