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Generative AI and deeper thinking: What’s in our heads still matters*

Here’s why the income gap and its growth both matter

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Four ways Ottawa can throttle ‘Driver Inc.’

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Bill C-3 could open the citizenship doors to people with little connection to Canada

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Iranian regime officials are entering Canada with alarming ease

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Recognizing the Tamil Canadian experience in public life

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Don’t miss the good news on poverty reduction in 2025

Canada needs to move toward a public health model of supporting grief

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Canadian governments need a new way to measure poverty

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Fact-checking BC United’s tax-cut proposal

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When Ottawa uses the Official Languages Act to deny access to information

How Canada can better adapt to extreme weather

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You can’t make ends meet on minimum wage in Alberta

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A relatively simple measure of productivity

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Canadian banks have a role to play in preventing domestic violence

How to safeguard the CBC/Radio-Canada

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The troubling rise of income and wealth inequality in Canada

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A systems approach would help prevent policy missteps

This is the moment to fix the mismatch in Canada’s housing supply

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What to do about intergenerational wealth inequality

Quebec’s attack on refugee sponsorship

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Bill C-71 opens up a possible never-ending chain of citizenship

Canada’s recreation and parks sector is much more than fun and games

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Crisis-level ratings of the health system are a flashing danger sign

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