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Why Canada needs a “deep prevention” approach to pandemic preparedness

Concerns are growing that avian influenza could become a pandemic, resulting in possible widespread lockdowns and potential social as well as...

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Ryan Gray

Changes to open work permits undermine women’s self-sufficiency

Nearly one in four people in Canada — 8.3 million residents — are immigrants. Yet,  the classifications that greet them upon arrival are far from...

04.07.2025 2

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Bryanna Bragagnolo

Ontario’s nurses are fighting back

In June 2024, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government voted down Bill 192 , a private member’s initiative supported by the New Democrats and...

03.07.2025 10

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Dat Nguyen

Ontario’s focus on child welfare finances won’t keep kids safe

Ontario’s child welfare sector has been subjected to frequent financial audits – reviews that track spending and revenues in a bid to ensure fiscal...

03.07.2025 2

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Anika Ganness

Canada’s outdated laws leave spyware oversight dangerously weak

The mercenary spyware industry develops and sells advanced tools that can covertly gain complete access to a cellphone’s microphone, camera,...

02.07.2025 3

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Kate Robertson

The health-care system needs rebuilding

(Version française disponible ici) To improve population health and well-being, a health-care system must deliver results—that is, it must create...

02.07.2025 10

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Frédéric Abergel

The need for cultural intelligence in anti-racism policy

In the Policy Options piece “ Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority? , Tari Ajadi and his co-authors have courageously...

30.06.2025 1

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André Darmanin