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THE INTERVIEW CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NATION’S NEWSMAKERS • Public health evangelist Jane Philpott is on a mission: to get every Ontarian a primary-care provider by 2029

Modernize Parental Leave • Canada’s birth rate is dropping, and the cost of living is partly to blame. A more supportive leave plan would make parenthood more affordable.

Top Marks • In Saguenay, Quebec, École de l’Étincelle embodies the school of the future

A Teacher’s Tale • My career in Quebec ended because I chose to keep my hijab

MACHINE LEARNING • Maclean’s education-focused Ideas Summit zeroed in on academia’s AI opportunity

THE YEAR AHEAD 2025 • The people, trends, ideas and everything else that matters in 2025

CLIMATE • A B.C. university will train North America’s first wildfire-fighting civilians, while AI hits the forest-fire front lines. Quebec’s flood zones will get a long-awaited overhaul. And Ontario will supersize its power grid.

Poilievre Will Axe the Carbon Tax • Scrapping Canada’s most effective climate policy will cost us a lot in the long run

POLITICS • The Liberals will struggle to rebuild their reputation and voter base, while Pierre Poilievre will likely take over the PMO and grapple with a disillusioned electorate. In the midst of all this turnover? A new Trump presidency.

Canada’s Poilievre Era Will Begin • He’ll likely win a majority and immediately kill all the Liberals’ sacred cows

HEALTH • The family doctor crisis will finally start to ease, while pharmacists take centre stage in patient care. The battle over private medicine will heat up. And governments will change how we treat addiction.

The AI Revolution Will Hit Health Care • Don’t fear the robo-doctor. AI is going to help Canadian hospitals work faster and smarter for their patients.

CULTURE • Canadians will play spot-the-landmark when The Last of Us returns. The CBC will try to Poilievre-proof itself with a new CEO. And Canada’s Wonderland will roll out the country’s fastest, tallest coaster.

Canada’s Cultural Institutions Will Find New Audiences • The country’s arts festivals, venues and organizations will need more money to stay afloat

TECH • Canadians will make pioneering advances in artificial intelligence, driverless vehicles and quantum computing. And we’ll all finally get plugged into high-speed internet.

Tech Outages Will Be More Frequent—and Disruptive • As companies offload tech systems to third-party suppliers, their supply chains will become vulnerable

SPORTS • A women’s sports boom, a Raptors rebuild and a no-nonsense Leafs makeover are all on the docket for 2025. Meanwhile, the feds will tackle sports betting ads, while Alberta ramps up its own gambling scene.

Rogers Will Reshape Toronto Sports—and the City • The telecom will build stadiums, condos and real estate

BUSINESS • Generational change, culture shifts and labour activism will reshape workplaces, while slowing inflation, rising wages and a surge in side hustles will finally put a little more money in Canadians’ pockets

The Indigenous Economy Will Take Off • Reconciliation is becoming Canada’s biggest business story—and its greatest economic opportunity

EDUCATION • Quebec’s classrooms will take centre stage in the secularism debate. Chatbots will help students create A-plus work, while others will grade themselves. And thousands of international students will be sent home.

Stuctured Literacy Will Help Level the Educational Playing Field • Canadian...