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It took no more than a few days for the impact on global energy prices to be felt after the United States and Israel launched a military operation...
The Mark Carney government has made “deploying AI at scale” a cornerstone of its attempt to make government more productive and slash costs by...
Saskatchewan has committed three Crown corporations and backstopped a $2.6-billion coal-refurbishment program partially launched to support Canada’s...
Walk into any bank branch in a mid-sized Canadian city and you’ll find a loan officer who can get you a mortgage in 48 hours. Ask the same...
(Version française disponible ici) Will Canada support a new global agreement to tackle the world’s fourth most lucrative crime? The answer is not...
Imagine leaving your home country to work in Canada’s construction sector. On the job site, you encounter dangerous working conditions and rampant...
Canadians have never been more gung-ho about defence spending. According to a recent EKOS poll, 72 per cent of respondents supported the Carney...
Editor’s note: Among his many accomplishments, Thomas Courchene was a senior scholar at the Institute for Research on Public Policy, the publisher...
The doctrine manual Fighting Spirit: The Profession of Arms in Canada was the focus of extensive discussion within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)...
Policing in Canada is facing a crisis of confidence, with one-third of Canadians mistrusting police and demands for meaningful oversight mounting....
(Version française disponible ici.) Canada is one of the world’s leading nuclear power nations. It supplied 24 per cent of global uranium in...
Over the past year, the digital sovereignty conversation in Canada has accelerated. Last September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the...
If sovereignty is a country’s ability to withstand pressure, in innovation that means ensuring firms and researchers have the materials, software...
(Version française disponible ici) The climate debate is often regarded as a question requiring technological, economic or regulatory solutions....
A devastating drone strike on a hospital in Sudan during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Fitr in March once again underscored the erosion of protection...
(Version française disponible ici) The climate debate is often regarded as a question requiring technological, economic or...
At this time of global disruption, the implications for Canada cannot be overstated. The Global Risks Report 2026, published by the World Economic...
(Version française disponible ici) Canada’s economic challenge is not difficult to identify. The Bank of Canada has repeatedly warned about weak...
Canada understands itself as a society defined by civility, moderation and multicultural balance. Remaining neutral is treated as a virtue — a...
African diaspora communities across Canada sustain one another through collective saving, food sharing and emergency support. But despite their social...
The spectre of U.S. retaliation seems everywhere in Canadian politics today. From whether to regulate American tech companies, to lifting tariffs on...
In the current era of urgently accelerated self-reliance, Canada is intent on building things: more roads, pipelines, homes and large infrastructure...
Coercive control rarely starts with a bruise. It begins with isolation, humiliation, surveillance and fear. By the time violence becomes visible, it...
Nuclear power is experiencing a resurgence worldwide and Ontario is no exception. The province has a long history with this awesome and terrifying...
(Version française disponible ici.) Organizations are operating under sustained pressure. In this environment, performance depends less on speed or...
A few weeks separated Prime Minister Mark Carney’s well-received speech at Davos from the publication of Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy...
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney was the adult in the room. In his speech he told the world that the American-led,...
(Version française disponible ici.) When a community’s major employer falters, the shock waves don’t stop at the plant gate. In small towns...
The best remembered speeches in Canadian history have come at moments of crisis and uncertainty, when prime ministers capture the public’s...
Despite increasingly severe wildfires, floods and extreme heat events, climate adaptation in Canada remains marginal to federal and provincial...
(Version française disponible ici) One of the nine questions that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants to put to a referendum later this...
The full-scale war in Ukraine is now into its fifth year. After an abrupt end to the latest round of U.S.-brokered peace talks, Ukraine continues to...