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Canada needs to move toward a public health model of supporting grief

Canada needs to move toward a public health model of supporting grief

(Version française disponible ici) A few weeks before my wife Suzanne died of breast cancer, she wrote letters to our children, Alex and Sophia,...

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Paul Adams

Trusting teens to help shape our country

Trusting teens to help shape our country

In a time of increasing polarization, disillusionment and democratic decline, Canada needs a reimagined legislative direction rooted in both...

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Leo Yang

A Canadian blueprint for trustworthy AI governance

A Canadian blueprint for trustworthy AI governance

In his June 10 address to an Ottawa conference held by the think tank Canada 2020, new federal Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital...

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Ankesh Chandaria

Carney’s “nation-building” is nothing but a blast from the past

Carney’s “nation-building” is nothing but a blast from the past

Prime Minister Mark Carney won the April 28 election on a promise of transformative, nation-building change – and Canadians are on board. Canadians...

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Blayne Haggart

The case for North American Indigenous free trade

The case for North American Indigenous free trade

Canada should be looking for ways to strengthen Indigenous trading networks as it responds to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and considers...

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David Carrière-Acco

The public service’s RTO policy needs to balance employees’ needs, too

The public service’s RTO policy needs to balance employees’ needs, too

When federal public servants were ordered back to the office three days a week last September, a hybrid model was adopted with the goal of...

22.07.2025 3

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Hannah Lazarus

Les compressions du gouvernement Carney frappent injustement les Premières Nations

Les compressions du gouvernement Carney frappent injustement les Premières Nations

(Version française  disponible ici ) On July 8, the Carney government announced sweeping budget cuts across all departments, totaling 15 per cent...

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Anne Levesque

Carney government cuts unfairly hit First Nations

Carney government cuts unfairly hit First Nations

(Version française  disponible ici ) On July 8, the Carney government announced sweeping budget cuts across all departments, totaling 15 per cent...

22.07.2025 1

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Anne Levesque

The painful lack of urgency to end violence against Indigenous women and girls

The painful lack of urgency to end violence against Indigenous women and girls

Every May as red dresses and moose-hide pins appear, and families walk in memory of lost loved ones, a question hangs in the air. Why does the...

21.07.2025 1

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Sarah Jacknife