The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met by Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
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The royal visit to Canada raises some important constitutional questions.
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has some tips for Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
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Boosting growth could be as simple as getting more women into the workforce.
Can and should Australia be doing more to resettle refugees?
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Should Australia stick with its current model of state-controlled refugee resettlement schemes? Or are there other models we can learn from?
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Canada has been in the global doldrums for close to two decades, but now it’s got a chance to get back in the game.
Arctic migrants such as this Sanderling face an uncertain future.
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For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed.
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Norway, Switzerland, Canada and a WTO-only trade relationship are are the obvious options for the UK post-Brexit.
Protest sign at the Muskrat Falls site, June 12.
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The ‘Muskrat Falls’ hydroelectric project is being built in anticipation of the Innu voting away ownership of their own land.
Calm down now.
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Without much fuss, Canada voted to make its anthem gender neutral – but other countries don’t have it so easy.
Students with disabilities face massive physical and attitudinal hurdles.
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Students with disabilities find that they must accommodate themselves to institutional contexts which they find profoundly disabling.
The UK has limits on expenditure by political parties and third parties, and doesn’t allow paid advertising in electronic media at all.
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Unlike similar democracies, Australia neither limits political donations nor campaign expenditure by political parties at the federal level.
The Australian dairy industry could consider a regulation model like that in Canada.
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Government intervention in the crisis facing Australian dairy has opened the gates for suggestions of other types of regulation.
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There is no evidence that community treatment orders work, so why does the UK still use them?
Volunteering boosts your health.
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Scientists have found that there are many physical and mental benefits to volunteering.
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The Canadian PM’s altercation in parliament reflects his manhandling of the political process, but do voters care?
Conditions in Alberta were ideal for wildfires: little snow cover, dry and warm.
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Yes, climate change is creating conditions for the extraordinary wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alberta, but El Niño played a bigger role, says atmospheric scientist.
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The recent Canadian wildfires revealed the need for cutting-edge disaster management strategies.
The relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and non-indigenous population has never been an equal one.
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The relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and non-indigenous population has never been an equal one, even though the 1982 national constitution recognises Aboriginal rights.
The battle isn’t over yet.
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Canada is the latest country to see a decline in rates of overweight and obesity. Does that mean anti-obesity strategies are starting to work?
A dysfunctional unilateralism characterises intergovernmental relations in Australia.
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The reality is that intergovernmental relations are not the strong point of federal systems generally. But some do it better than others.
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It has taken years to get CETA in place, and it still doesn’t work as intended.