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UCP cuts to Alberta Legal Aid will hurt the most vulnerable
In its latest budget, the United Conservative Party (UCP) government announced it would reduce Legal Aid Alberta’s 2025 funding to $88 million from $110 million while arguing “current service levels ...
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Canada’s health care crisis demands a digital solution
Even if every medical and nursing student in the country graduated and entered the workforce tomorrow, it still wouldn’t be enough to meet the growing demand for care. Add to that labour mobility ...
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A day late and a dollar short: Exporting Canadian natural gas to the EU
Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era. A temporary newsletter with the latest Canada-U.S. analyses from Policy Options. President Donald Trump’s on-again ...
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If it comes to it, Canadian courts can and must be ready to resist U.S. annexation
Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era. A temporary newsletter with the latest Canada-U.S. analyses from Policy Options. Late in 2024, the incoming president ...
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Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?
Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era. A temporary newsletter with the latest Canada-U.S. analyses from Policy Options. OTTAWA – Canada’s public service ...
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Canada’s overzealous copyright law deprives us of our own cultural heritage
In 2024 the estate of street photographer Vivian Maier, who died 15 years earlier, sued Toronto’s Stephen Bulger Gallery for allegedly producing and selling reproductions of her work without ...
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Embedded researchers can drive real change in mental health systems
Canada’s mental health system is in crisis. Canadians increasingly lack access to adequate care, with equity-deserving groups being the most affected. A bold reimagining is needed. One way forward is ...
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Open letter to the next prime minister: We need a royal commission on Canada’s future
Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era. A temporary newsletter with the latest Canada-U.S. analyses from Policy Options. There is no longer any room for ...
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Why are younger Canadians more susceptible to Trump and the lure of the 51st state?
What started as a joke is no laughing matter now. U.S. President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again threats to impose tariffs on Canadian exports are more than a warning shot across the national bow.
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Could Trump’s tariffs break Canadians’ consensus on trade?
Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era. A temporary newsletter with the latest Canada-U.S. analyses from Policy Options. Canadians could be forgiven for ...
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There is an alternative to trying to pipeline our way out of Trump’s crisis
Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era. A temporary newsletter with the latest Canada-U.S. analyses from Policy Options. The leaders of three major federal ...
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We live in a dangerous world. Canada needs to bulk up
Canada often feels small. The landmass is gigantic, but we’re mostly clustered in a few metropolitan areas along the border. We’re a G7 country, so we have one of the largest economies on Earth. Our ...