Infrastructure

Under hazy skies, opportunities for ground-up climate disaster policy changes

We must increase confidence in Canada’s security and intelligence enterprise

A tale of two metropolitan regions

Two trains ride on outdoor above-ground rail lines, one of them on a curve on a track that runs below the other train. The fronts of the trains are blue with a white stripe at the bottom. Several passengers can be seen in the front window of one train.

How can we make our critical infrastructures robust and resilient enough?

Two light-grey ships are tied up alongside a dock, each festooned with colourful nautical flags strewn from their bows to the top of their bridges. In front of them, a dais has been set up to face the crowd, which consists of four rows of seated navy personnel, all dressed in black uniforms with their flat-topped, white hats.

Tin pot navy 2.0

View from a high-rise showing snow-covered roofs of homes and shops on a few blocks of downtown streets, with street lights glowing with the backdrop of a flat grey sky at dusk.

Has immigration become a third rail in Canadian politics?

A sleek modern building with dark brown brick in the foreground and glass in the background viewed from across a small pond.

Don’t give more powers to CSE until it submits to effective review

Climate resilience will need a federal, enforceable framework

A plume of dense white smoke risks from dark green and brown hills and blows across the frame from right to left. Two valleys with bodies of water and buildings are visible in the distance.

Put out wildfires before they begin with Indigenous fire stewardship

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Mental health care doesn’t need to cost anything

A dozen smiling people wearing orange safety vests and hard hats walk along the new span towards the camera.

Lessons from the U.S. on buying clean construction materials

Assign unused wireless spectrum to Indigenous communities

Build back softer

Diesel fuel could be replaced quicker for Indigenous communities through monetization

Urgence climatique : la contribution des villes

Heritage in Canada: doing homework for the 21st century

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