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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

Mark Carney is wearing a blue traditional Inuit pullover called the atigi while speaking to soldiers wearing their green uniforms.

Five big moves Mark Carney must make to secure Canada’s place in the world

From the road to the back room: A view inside the Carney campaign

Canadian currency being pulled out of a wallet.

How to build a well-designed national basic income program – at half the cost

How Carney can use policy to unite the country

Golden scales of justice and a judge’s gavel in front of a Canadian flag.

Bill 96 erodes legislative language equality

Cartoon drawing of half a dozen men and women holding large, interlocking puzzle pieces.

It is easy to pretend to be progressive at no cost

The ornate stone buildings have tall green-hued copper roofs.

The chronic failure to pass social legislation

Four high-rise buildings are clustered together with small balconies filled with flower pots, chairs, etc.

The housing crisis is made worse by a policy mismatch

Poilievre is smiling as he stands in the middle of a room filled with seated people. A few of them hold signs saying “change.” Poilievre looks relaxed in a dark blue suit and white shirt. He has a mic to his mouth.

Voters must not allow Poilievre to import Trump’s war on science

A line graph showing Canada’s GDP per person sliding compared to that of the United States from a peak of 93.9 per cent in 1981 to 75.5 per cent in 2021. It stood at 78 per cent in the most recent year, 2023.

The perils of per capita GDP: No, Canada is not poorer than Alabama

A magnifying glass enlarges the holographic image of Parliament Hill's Peace Tower on a $20 bill.

The misleading use of per capita GDP: Numerators, denominators and living standards

A line drawing of an older woman sitting on a bench with a cane. The outlines of homes and a tree with a few leaves sit on either side of her. A cyclist approaches from the right.

Canada’s social safety net is stuck in the 1960s

Protesters hold up signs demanding the release of Dr. Rasha Alawieh with messages like “her visa was valid.”

As the U.S. closes doors to scholars, Canada fumbles a chance to welcome them

A composite image of the five federal party leaders: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault

The federal election campaign has pushed women to the sidelines

Pierre Poilievre at a microphone standing in front of a Canadian flag.

The many dangers of Pierre Poilievre’s war on ‘woke’

A close-up of Marci Ien speaking to reporters.

Mark Carney’s cabinet sends the wrong message on gender equality

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