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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

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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

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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

Intégrer « la perspective des personnes handicapées »

Black Canadians sidelined from cannabis economy

Canada should take an insurance approach to future disruption

Feminist Senators are critical actors in women’s representation

Will the new government do more to stop the opioid crisis?

Here’s a way for governments to buy positive outcomes

Canada needs a lot more people, and soon

Only a fifth of Canadian mayors are women

Canada’s polytechnics deserve to be recognized

Parties, not voters, to blame for slow rise of women MPs

Autocrats use feminism to undermine democracy

A post-election glimmer of hope for cultural pluralism?

As Canadians work longer, pensions need to evolve

What’s missing from the conversation about assisted death

Ten charts about broad trends in Canadian public opinion

Where’s the talk about a guaranteed livable income?

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