Federalism

Three men sit, kneel or stand on the roof of a home covered in metal brackets.

Canada’s electricity strategy is overlooking its most powerful asset

Healthcare worker in blue gloves confidently holds a stethoscope with medical icons.

Health reform needs places where the system is allowed to learn

Row after row of university students sitting at tables in a large hall.

How the Global South finances the educated workforce in Canada and other wealthy countries

The first ministers standing in front of the prime minister’s residence, from left to right: Glen Clark, B.C.; Gary Filmon, Man.; Ralph Klein Alta.; Lucien Bouchard, Que.; Piers McDonald, Yukon; Roy Ramanow, Sask.; Jean Chrétien, Brian Tobin, Nfld.; Camille Thériault,N.B.; Miike Harris, Ont.; Patrick Binns, P.E.I.; Russell MacLellan, N.S.; and Jim Antoine, N.W.T.

Canada needs a new social union deal

A tent, trash, and personal belongings at a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street in East Montreal.

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

A United Conservative Party of Alberta sign at a podium is shown in front of the Alberta flag.

Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?

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

A medical practitioner going over medical information with a patient in an examination room.

Renewal in Canada’s primary health-care system needs a North Star

The premiers and PM are seated at one long table.

How Canada’s internal trade reform echoes 1864 — and what it will take to finish the job

Thomas Courchene in a suit standing for a portrait.

Tom Courchene showed how economists can shape public policy

Man lying in hammock.

Canada’s “comfort trap” is stalling long-term economic growth

An illustration featuring a person in red boots stands at a metaphorical starting line before a Canadian flag painted onto the pavement.

Opaque immigration screening threatens Canada’s global talent strategy

Carney approaches the stone steps at the entrance.

Message to the PM: adult supervision is needed here at home, too

Alberta premier Daneille Smith with the Quebec flag in the background.

Why Alberta and Quebec diverge on judicial appointments

A nurse sits on the edge of a bed talking to a patient. Half eaten food sits on the table nearby.

Break down licensing barriers holding back Canada’s health workforce

Wab Kinew signs a barrel with a truck with the purple Crown Royal sign on its side in the background.

Mark Carney preaches co-operative federalism but doesn’t practise it

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