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A shiny new foodbank with food organized on shelves with aisles like a supermarket.

Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them

Des passants traversent une intersection animée au centre-ville, sous un ciel gris. Les immeubles environnants, dont un avec le logo de Google, se reflètent dans une flaque d’eau au premier plan. Les décorations lumineuses des arbres évoquent la période des Fêtes.

Quebec since 1995: decline or progress?

: Des figurines miniatures debout sur des piles de pièces de différentes hauteurs. Un concept illustrant les inégalités économiques.

Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

A couple dozen people line up behind a white food delivery van. A woman in the foreground walks away with stuffed bags.

Ending food insecurity is a democratic imperative

An illustration of the figure of a miniature human standing on the edge of a bread basket hauling up another person.

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

Seen from behind, an older white woman in a wheelchair facing an open window with the curtains pulled back.

Reducing poverty means looking at all its complexities

Why doesn’t equalization apply to Indian reserves?

Mark Carney, vêtu d’un complet foncé et portant plusieurs dossiers, marche dans un couloir en direction de la caméra, avant une réunion du cabinet sur la Colline du Parlement.

Remember who the tax system is for

Canada does not know how many seniors live in poverty

A close-up shot of a blue rubber glove holding a metal valve and nozzle.

Carbon pricing is not to blame for Canada’s affordability challenges

Dozens of partially built single-family two-storey homes sit tightly packed. Two of them have partial roofs built. Lumber is scattered around three of the houses, which are all clad in wood panels in the beginning stage of construction. A dirt road separates the homes in the foreground from seven homes on the other side of the street-to-be. In the distance is a green space.

The Liberal government’s unshakable support for private housing markets

To reduce homelessness, look at shelter-use patterns

The building is six storeys high and is covered in a white Tyvek-branded membrane. A metal pole is attached to one wall. A crane lift sits idle next to it. The building has corner balconies and inset balconies. The window frames are black. Tall trees stand nearby.

The double housing crisis needs a potluck approach

From the air, a sprawling subdivision covers several kilometres of land surrounded by swaths of forest and snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Adding community housing can help solve the productivity problem

A million new non-market homes in 10 years: That should be the goal

Peddle is a white woman who looks to be in her 20s. She’s wearing an oversized fluorescent orange, yellow and grey safety jacket over a black hoodie. Her ballcap is white. She’s smiling and holds two fingers in the peace sign. Behind her are several camping tents, some grey and red, some blue and turquoise. The grass is green. An elegant building sits in the distance.

Advancing a Team Canada approach to housing

B.C. ban on public consumption of some drugs would harm the vulnerable

Good data is key to addressing economic disparities in Canada

The case for the legislative protection of cash

A worker installs solar panels on the roof of a house in Scugog, Ontario.

Governments need to better reflect affordability concerns in climate policies

Making the Canada Disability Benefit work

Young man with an artificial leg is working in a furniture factory. He is standing next to a large stack of wood, holding a two-by-four. He is wearing grey coveralls, a plaid shirt and light-brown suede shoes. He uses an artificial limb from the knee down on his left leg. It is a thin metal pole with a slightly larger dark blue piece of plastic just below the knee.

A focus on work needs to be part of the new Canada disability benefit

Artificial intelligence + basic income = Canadian innovation

The little heart is fashioned out of plywood and is attached to a long piece of plastic with purple ribbons a couple of inches long hanging from it. The wooden piece would fit in the palm of your hand. The woman holding it has wraparound sunglasses and a white shirt. She’s standing in a row of women who are holding similar items. The mood is somber, with shadows and sunlight intermingling across the faces of the group.

Historic meeting of ministers needs to look at international human rights

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