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Dangerous Grounds

Coming soon to a democracy near you

The Collapse of Syria

The story of a nation’s unravelling, one neighbourhood at a time

Trompe Le Toil

The modern conundrum of overwork

Mark Kristmanson

Mark Kristmanson was CEO of the National Capital Commission from 2014 to 2019.

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Capital Ideas

Ottawa’s commemorative landscape June 2024
In a recent interview on The Hub, the former Canadian Heritage minister James Moore recalled how, during the 2008 federal election, a sleeper issue was lurking in cultural policy. It flared up after the Conservative government reallocated $45 million in funding, triggering consequences that he described as “tectonic” and “searing,” particularly in…