9 September 2026
"Number Go Up," Then What?
Canadian housing is expensive. It is expensive to produce, and in turn it is expensive to buy. The problem is no longer merely one of affordability: it has become an economic-capacity and nation-
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"Number Go Up," Then What?
Canadian housing is expensive. It is expensive to produce, and in turn it is expensive to buy. The problem is no longer merely one of affordability: it has become an economic-capacity and nation-building challenge. Canada’s next housing system needs to be more supply-elastic, more tenure-diverse, and more
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9 September 2026
The Edmonton Exception
I moved to Edmonton in 2023, along with 100,000 others in two years, in the middle of a housing crisis engulfing much of Canada. It was a good year to be a housing
2 September 2026
Social Patriotism: The NDP's Forgotten Tradition
After its worst election result ever, the NDP needs to relearn a tradition it once knew well: fusing love of country with social democracy I. The Canadian Left and Nationalism The 2025 federal election
2 September 2026
Canada as Cosmopolis
Capitalism has been in some kind of crisis for as long as most people alive can recall. An anomalous interlude of prosperity and peace, the End of History, was first punctured by the 2008
26 August 2026
The Dual-Use Dimension
Canada is about to spend more on defence than any living Canadian has planned for. We have $180 billion in procurement over ten years, a new agency to run the buying, ten named sovereign
26 August 2026
Messaging the AI Era
Canada faces a massive looming divide on artificial intelligence. The Canadian government has committed billions of dollars to AI. Companies are rushing to adopt the latest tools from OpenAI and Anthropic. Canada has become
19 August 2026
Misunderstanding Media
Thirty years ago, Silicon Valley invoked McLuhan while ignoring everything he actually argued. Michael Cuenco on how the "Californian Ideology" buried the one Canadian thinker who predicted our current wreckage, and why
12 August 2026
Canada as Empire of the Odd
Editor’s Preface Literature is one of the crucial places where a nation develops and comes to understand its own consciousness. Long before a country settles what it is, its writers will have been
