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Climate policy at B.C.’s carbon crossroads: 10 steps for CleanBC renewal
The end of 2025 will mark a decade since the Paris Agreement on climate change was negotiated. This review of the CleanBC plan is occurring…
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A sober second thought on direct-to-consumer alcohol sales
Through all the talk of Trump, tariffs and interprovincial trade, direct-to-consumer (DTC) alcohol sales have emerged as a somewhat unexpected cause célèbre among policymakers. During…
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Canadian workers deserve better work-life balance
In the post-Covid world, workers face an ever more alienated and isolated environment.
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Le prix n’est pas encore le bon : Les frais de garde n’atteignent pas l’objectif de 10 $ par jour
D’ici le début de l’année 2026, les parents canadiens sont censés pouvoir inscrire leurs jeunes enfants à des services de garde pour une moyenne de…
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The price is not right (yet): $10-a-day child care falling short of target
By early 2026 parents in Canada should be able to put their young kids in child care for an average of $10 a day. With…
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Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants
During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in…
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The premiers’ new clothes: A critical look at the race to remove interprovincial trade barriers
The costs of interprovincial trade barriers have been vastly overstated, while the rush to remove them risks a race to the bottom in areas like…
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Remembering the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
On July 6, 2013, a train carrying 72 tank cars of toxic shale oil derailed and exploded. It killed 47 people, spilling six million litres…
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Local news media is declining in Canada—we have to reverse the trend
The state of local news media in Canada is in sharp decline, which has serious implications for local communities and for the larger national dialogue…
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