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What happens to Ontario jobs when defence spending surges?

Ontario’s manufacturing hubs and tech corridors aren’t just watching federal defence budgets—they’re staking their future on them. With Canada’s government racing to hit NATO’s defence target, the question isn’t if new spending will reach local economies, but how much it can actually change the game for Ontario’s businesses and workers. The push to meet NATO’s […]

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Canadians Deserve a Smarter, Kinder Public Service

It’s not the ticking of clocks in Ottawa’s halls that keeps Canadians up at night, but the slow-moving machinery that costs time, money, and—too often—understanding. For Canada to restore trust in its public service, there’s a pressing need for a Department of Government Efficiency that puts empathy at its heart. Government efficiency isn’t a sterile

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Cracking Down in Barrie as Illegal Mushroom Shops Disappear

The unremarkable facades along Barrie’s main streets blend into the familiar landscape—until one day, a police cruiser idles at the curb, and the sign on the door quietly flips to ‘closed.’ For months, these mushroom shops operated in full view, their presence so ordinary they seemed invisible. The true risk, it turns out, was hiding

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