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When Jewish Canadians lose confidence in public safety

When Jewish Canadians lose confidence in public safety

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent speech at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto marked an important shift in Canada’s response to antisemitism. He...

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Allen Zeesman

When aid retreats, Ebola advances

When aid retreats, Ebola advances

(Version française disponible ici) What is unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not just a localized health emergency; it is a...

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Béatrice Vaugrante

Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future

Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future

(Version française disponible ici) There are many things the Carney government needs to achieve its economic ambitions: global allies, foreign direct...

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Jennifer Ditchburn

Workplace AI is writing the rules. Workers need to see them

Workplace AI is writing the rules. Workers need to see them

The government of Ontario has taken a sensible first step in requiring publicly advertised job postings to include any role artificial intelligence...

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Farzad Shahinfard

Canada should keep its data out of U.S. hands

Canada should keep its data out of U.S. hands

The federal government’s Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, has been much criticized for its domestic privacy implications. Less widely discussed is...

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Cynthia Khoo

Canada has three immigration realities, not one

Canada has three immigration realities, not one

In 2025, Canada admitted 393,770 permanent residents, according to preliminary IRCC monthly data, after Ottawa had lowered its 2025 target to 395,000...

15.06.2026 2

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Qi Wu

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

(Version française disponible ici) When the social safety net fails, municipalities are left with the visible consequences. Montreal can support its...

15.06.2026 2

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Mélanie Fournier

Online harassment must be recognized as an occupational risk

Online harassment must be recognized as an occupational risk

(Version française disponible ici.) When we think of the risks associated with an employee’s online presence, attention often focuses on the...

12.06.2026 3

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Nataly levesque

Universities need new ways to assess learning in the age of AI

Universities need new ways to assess learning in the age of AI

With more than 25 years as a university professor, I can’t recall a time with more upheaval in how teaching, learning and assessment takes place on...

12.06.2026 2

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Louis Volante

Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?

Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?

(Version française disponible ici.) On May 15, the federal and Alberta governments reached an implementation agreement that sets out a plan to...

11.06.2026 4

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Charles Breton

Buy Canadian won’t cost us much. That’s the problem

Buy Canadian won’t cost us much. That’s the problem

Can we spare $12 billion for a good cause? What about $3.6 billion? These figures have been suggested as the potential cost to the federal government...

10.06.2026 2

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Noah Fry

The Ebola story: how risk becomes politics

The Ebola story: how risk becomes politics

The broadcast opens with an aerial shot: a red-earth road threading through dense green forest, the camera slightly unstable, signaling distance and...

10.06.2026 5

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Joshua Greenberg

Canada doesn’t need AI independence. It needs exit plans for critical sectors

Canada doesn’t need AI independence. It needs exit plans for critical sectors

Canada has announced two tools that could shape the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) future. The Canada Strong Fund is an arm’s-length Crown...

09.06.2026 6

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Bruce tong

A weak carbon-price floor will not fix Alberta’s emissions market

A weak carbon-price floor will not fix Alberta’s emissions market

The agreement recently signed between Alberta and the federal government is an uneven bargain. Alberta gets support for a pipeline and the waiver of...

08.06.2026 4

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Nicholas Rivers, Brandon Schaufele And Stewart Elgie

Canada needs a deeper municipal bond market

(Version française disponible ici) The Federation of Canadian Municipalities estimates that cities, towns and smaller local administrations own and...

05.06.2026 8

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Luciano Arvin

New immigration law could make Canada less secure, not more

Canadians are increasingly told that tougher immigration rules equal a safer country. With Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System...

03.06.2026 7

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Pablo policzer

Canada’s sovereignty needs more than guns and steel

Prime Minister Mark Carney has staked his government on a sovereignty argument. The 2025 federal budget committed $115 billion to nationbuilding...

02.06.2026 8

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Creso sá

Condos to co-ops: It makes sense to turn unsold units into social housing

As condominium sales across Canada fall to their lowest levels in decades, what if unsold units could be repurposed for the public good? Governments...

01.06.2026 10

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Yuly chan

The CUSMA review is Canada’s last chance to govern AI

When Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette met U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington in late April, she named two priorities as...

29.05.2026 10

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Tiran rahimian bajgiran

Canada’s nuclear ambitions need fuel security, not just new reactors

A nuclear energy renaissance is upon us. The gloomy early 2000s, when anti-nuclear sentiment was on the rise, reactors were prematurely shut down and...

28.05.2026 10

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Alex Macdonald

Children’s privacy is now critical infrastructure in the AI era

Children’s digital privacy is often discussed as a consumer issue – a matter of parental settings, better consent notices or cleaner app design....

27.05.2026 10

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Muhammad irfan

Indigenous defence procurement must be more than a policy line

Canada’s defence budget has never been larger. The federal government has committed $63 billion for defence since last June — the largest...

26.05.2026 6

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Thawennontie thomas

Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money

(Version française disponible ici) Cities now manage far more than just roads, waste, and snow removal. Housing, mental health, climate adaptation,...

25.05.2026 6

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Diane Bérard

Canada’s nature strategy needs a farmer-led conservation pillar

Canada’s new federal nature strategy, launched in March 2026, lays out how the country plans to meet its commitment under the 2022 Kunming-Montreal...

25.05.2026 7

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Jordan sinclair

Child benefits work when they are generous and universal

The Canada Child Benefit (CCB), introduced in 2016, is widely considered to be successful in reducing child poverty, with research finding that it...

23.05.2026 10

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Geranda Notten

Environmental racism: Canada must move from recognition to repair

Canada prides itself on being a global leader in human rights, climate action and multicultural inclusion. Yet environmental harm in this country is...

22.05.2026 10

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Yohanan demeke

Northern cable security is becoming a test of Canada’s Arctic readiness

21.05.2026 10

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Nicole Jackson

How Build Canada Homes can build affordable housing fast

21.05.2026 10

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Mathieu Fleury

A Canada-led clean trade pact would show that middle powers mean business

20.05.2026 10

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Ryan mulholland

Renewal in Canada’s primary health-care system needs a North Star

15.05.2026 10

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Ivy Oandasan

The Canada Strong Fund isn’t a sovereign wealth fund — and that’s OK

15.05.2026 10

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Gabrielle Sorensen

Financial literacy needs a co-ordinator, not more pamphlets

14.05.2026 10

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Arihant lodha

Canada shouldn’t mistake immigrant entrepreneurship for inclusion

14.05.2026 20

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Hien tran

Why Canada’s northern energy infrastructure is failing

12.05.2026 10

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Lynne Couves

Fortress North America is replacing free trade in Canada’s lexicon

11.05.2026 20

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Joel baum

Academics should engage the public without replacing journalism

09.05.2026 10

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Michael j. mackenzie

How Canada’s internal trade reform echoes 1864 — and what it will take to finish the job

06.05.2026 20

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Steven dowling

Canada needs to develop its own AI computing power

06.05.2026 20

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Guillaume Beaumier

Canada has the tech to connect health records. Why isn’t it being used?

05.05.2026 20

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Laiba imtiaz

Make AI policy about contribution, not just protection

05.05.2026 10

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Leo Yang

Legalization’s blind spot: youth exposure to stronger cannabis

04.05.2026 20

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Justin Bergamini

Energy shocks speed the shift away from fossil fuels

02.05.2026 20

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Michael Sambasivam

The Carney government’s embrace of AI will put lives at risk

The Mark Carney government has made “deploying AI at scale” a cornerstone of its attempt to make government more productive and slash costs by...

01.05.2026 20

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Natasha Tusikov

Saskatchewan needs a framework for Crown infrastructure deals

Saskatchewan has committed three Crown corporations and backstopped a $2.6-billion coal-refurbishment program partially launched to support Canada’s...

30.04.2026 20

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Ben beveridge

Canada is spending billions to fix the wrong productivity problem

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...

30.04.2026 20

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Manbo he

Where does Canada stand on international environmental crime?

(Version française disponible ici) Will Canada support a new global agreement to tackle the world’s fourth most lucrative crime? The answer is not...

29.04.2026 20

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Sheldon Jordan

Canada must stop exploiting migrant workers

Imagine leaving your home country to work in Canada’s construction sector. On the job site, you encounter dangerous working conditions and rampant...

28.04.2026 20

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Milad moghaddas

Canada needs a real debate on its defence buildup

Canadians have never been more gung-ho about defence spending. According to a recent EKOS poll, 72 per cent of respondents supported the Carney...

28.04.2026 10

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Danny Parys

Tom Courchene showed how economists can shape public policy

Editor’s note: Among his many accomplishments, Thomas Courchene was a senior scholar at the Institute for Research on Public Policy, the publisher...

25.04.2026 20

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Kevin G. Lynch

Civil-military tensions still shape Canada’s armed forces

The doctrine manual Fighting Spirit: The Profession of Arms in Canada was the focus of extensive discussion within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)...

24.04.2026 10

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Peter kasurak