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A man carries a child on the beach with oil tankers and cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz in the background.

The Carney government’s policy pivot amid global turmoil requires reshaping how government works

Man lying in hammock.

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

An overhead view of a combine harvester cutting a swath through a field of brown plants, alongside a tractor towing a grain trailer.

Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security

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

Carney approaches the stone steps at the entrance.

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

A windswept street corner with no sign of life.

When a major employer closes, the whole community feels it 

Dozens of ministers stand in a family photo while a dozen photographers jockey for the shot in the foreground.

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

Stacked shipping containers.

How Canada can prepare for high-pressure U.S. demands on sovereignty and trade

The three of them are standing in a room with at least double-height ceilings. Behind them, the wall is covered in an artwork consisting of intertwined vines with flowers and leaves.

How Canada can put Carney’s Davos speech into action

A family of three including a young girl receives clear plastic bags of groceries including cooking oil from a man.

Canada, Cuba and the price of tolerating coercive power

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

Four soldiers climbing snowy steps carrying gear from a boat.

Why Greenland doesn’t want Trump’s America

A worker in a hardhat wearing in a black T-shirt with a yellow reflective vest inspects a long, curved piece of aluminum.

Why the productivity “super-deduction” falls short

Four men in suits on a gangplank admiring a submarine.

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

An overhead image of a mine with a dump truck navigating a ribbon of roads and ridges in various shades of beige and grey.

Redefining sovereignty in the critical minerals era

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