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Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too

Why is Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget pressing the pause button on early learning and child care?

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2025

How gastronomy tourism evolved into international identity and cultural diplomacy

When people travel, they aren’t just looking for historic sights — they’re also looking for new flavours that captivate and connect them to the place they’re visiting.

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2025

How to adapt our pension schemes to longer life expectancy

Canada’s aging population, combined with increased life expectancy, pose a real challenge for our pension plans. Current and future retirees risk seeing some of their sources of income decline or, at best, stagnate.

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2025

Declawing cats causes them lifelong pain. It’s time to ban the practice

Because there is a lack of rigorous long-term studies on declawing cats, the consequences of this practice have been long underestimated. Yet research we conducted in Québec shows that declawing causes irreversible nerve damage and chronic suffering. This mutilation must be banned, everywhere and forever.

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025

Attacks on school boards threaten local democracy

Elected school boards across Canada are increasingly threatened. Ontario Education Minister Paul Callandra recently said he is open to eliminating elected trustees altogether. This would would follow the lead of Nova Scotia and Québec, where they have already been abolished.

The Conversation · Sep 3, 2025

Workplace injuries: Why immigrants take longer to recover

In Québec, immigrants are more likely to be injured at work than people born in the province. Yet the hardest part for immigrant workers often starts after the accident, when they have to navigate a complex rehabilitation system that slows their recovery and their return to work.

The Conversation · Aug 27, 2025

Charges against Canadian Army members in anti-government terror plot raise alarms about right-wing extremism

This week, the RCMP arrested four men in Québec, alleging they were attempting to create an anti-government militia.

The Conversation · Jul 9, 2025

Aluminerie Alouette to Invest $1.1 Billion in Major Canadian Aluminum Revamp

Aluminerie Alouette, Canada's largest aluminum smelter and a key supplier to the U.S. market, announced a CA$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) investment in its northern Québec facilities. The firm, owned by a Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO)-led consortium, is making this commitment despite growing pressure from U.S. tariffs and global trade uncertainty.

Benzinga · Jul 6, 2025

The oldest rocks on Earth are more than four billion years old

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name “Hadean” comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely characterized the planet at the time.

The Conversation · Jul 6, 2025

Agreement between Hydro-Québec and the Innu is a must for the development of the battery industry

In May 2024, Hydro-Québec and the Innu of Unamen Shipu signed an agreement over the Lac-Robertson generating station. The agreement aims to settle all disputes relating to this North Shore power station, built in the 1990s, that’s been the subject of a number of disputes and claims by the Unamen…

The Conversation · Jul 3, 2025