Maclean's

Canada's national magazine covering current affairs, politics, culture trends, ideas and personalities.

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Essential reading for every Canadian high schooler

Canada’s Not For Sale

THE INTERVIEW • Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the Bloc Québécois, is fending off Trump by backing Canada. He still wants to leave us.

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Send In the Delivery Robots • In the not-so-distant future, Canadians will share their sidewalks with little computerized couriers. It’s not as dystopian as it sounds.

Growth Industry • My company opened a fully automated greenhouse north of Toronto to boost Canada’s supply of homegrown leafy greens—just in time for the trade war.

Canada’s Army Needs Youth Recruits • A new national service plan would fill our understaffed military with fit young warriors

Theatre Therapy • Live performance offers Canadians an unparalleled antidote to our polarized, distracted culture. We should all put down our phones and take in a show.

Confessions of the Working Poor • I work hard, buy quality clothes and know how to fake my way through dinner-party conversations. But behind the scenes, I’m part of a fast-growing Canadian underclass.

GLOVES OFF • AN 8-PART PODCAST ABOUT THE THREAT TO CANADA’S SOVEREIGNTY AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

The Smart Case for Private Health Care • In Canada’s public system, patients are languishing on wait lists for years. How private competition can save medicare.

Education for the real world

THE MAYOR OF THE MANOSPHERE • Chris Pavlovski, the Canadian founder of the video platform Rumble, helped bring MAGA back to the White House. What will he do now that the fringe has become the mainstream?

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LIGHT TOUCH • How a young family built an ecohome on stilts in Nova Scotia

CHECKPOINT • A Canadian artist documents migrant crossings along Trump’s wall

CULTURE

“I launched my company the year after I arrived in Canada. Now, tariffs threaten my business.” • When I started selling dog toys from my basement, I had to remortgage my house and take out a loan to make it work.