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Canada needs a real debate on its defence buildup

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station stretches along the shore of Lake Ontario, with several dome-shaped reactor buildings under a cloudy sky, viewed from a rocky foreground by the water.

To enrich or not to enrich nuclear fuel: Canada’s dilemma

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Two uncomfortable climate truths

Man lying in hammock.

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

Two plumes of black smoke and fire rise from an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates.

War in the Gulf will only accelerate oil’s long-term decline

A close-up photo of a belt of ammunition a soldier is carrying around their neck.

Canada needs more defence autonomy in a less reliable world

Dozens of people stand around the mechanical room.

Ontario’s nuclear push risks another costly policy failure

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Food security needs to be part of Canada’s defence strategy

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Can a U.S.-led critical minerals strategy deliver for climate and Canada?

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

Mark Carney in closeup with the World Economic Forum sign in the background.

Giving life to the Carney vision for Canada

An immense dragline operates with a coal-powered generating station in the background. Smoke is coming out of a stack into a grey sky.

Canada missing opportunities to build community resilience amid global realignment

Hundreds of cars parked in a lot with containers and cranes in the background.

Why cheap Chinese EVs may cost Canada more in the long run

A white BrightDrop cube van at the entrance of a GM assembly plant with Made in Canada written on the side.

What one factory closure tells us about building resilient communities

Four men in suits on a gangplank admiring a submarine.

South Korea just changed the game and Canada needs its own grand bargain

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Bring Canada’s pension funds back home to build our own economy

Person at a laptop handling a stylus while a caption overlaying the image says "buy sell carbon credit."

One simple fix for Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems

Mark Carney speaking at a podium, viewed from the side, with dark background.

Carney’s industrial bet: Building Canada’s future while cutting the public service

Dirt roads ribbon a brown landscape in the foreground with a large terraced open pit cut into the ground in the background.

What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada’s mining oversight

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The right way for Canada to secure cloud sovereignty

An overhead view of a tanker stopped in open water along the B.C. coast.

Rethinking Canada’s oil tanker ban for a new era of reconciliation

Making industrial policy smarter: Why governments need real evaluation

Canada’s next great project must be to build an AI nation

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Reimagining the future Canadian economy in a changing world

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