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Why it’s been so hard to implement $10-a-day child care
In April of 2021, the federal government announced their intention to give all Canadians access to $10-a-day childcare, amounting to roughly $30-billion of...
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As the winter thaw looms in Ukraine, NATO tanks will be critical
A Canadian tank arrived in Poland on Monday, and will head off to bolster Ukrainian efforts agains a Russian invasion. The single tank,...
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Employee monitoring goes to court, and we learn about “time theft”
What counts as “work” and what doesn’t? If you’re sitting there, doing nothing, thinking of how to accomplish your goals … are you...
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Are we looking for aliens in all the wrong places?
Much of humanity’s search for extraterrestrial life has focused on, well, our kind of life—the conditions that make possible the biology we see...
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Is Toronto’s transit system entering a death spiral?
Even if you don’t live in the city, you’ve probably heard about the recent spate of violence on Toronto’s transit system. There have...
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Why it’s been so hard to implement $10-a-day child care