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The cost of not caring

One in four Canadians of employment age combine paid work with caregiving for a loved one, but the majority of employers do not offer accommodations for carers.

Israel-Hamas is more complex than good versus evil

The immorality of apartheid, fascism, or Stalinism was defeated not because the ruling classes or managers of power saw the error of their ways. It was defeated because everyday people turned against those managers.

Israel-Hamas ceasefire

The last thing Hamas wants is a ‘two-state solution’ that divides Palestine between Jewish state and an Arab one. Yet the carnage of the war and the shock to the global system have forced the old two-state idea back onto the table. If this is success, what would failure look like?

Canada’s military paying the price for service

It’s not a great time to be the Canadian military. As Neil Moss reports in the latest Hill Times, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces are unable to fulfill concurrent operations obligations set out in the Liberal government’s 2017 defence policy. The 2022-23 departmental results report outlines that Canada, “based on […]