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Canada goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé, who has publicly spoken out about abuse and misconduct in women’s soccer, centre right, punches the ball away from Nigeria’s Christy Ucheibe, centre left, during the first half of a women’s friendly soccer match, in Vancouver, on April 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Abuse in Canadian sport is systemic — a landmark report calls for sweeping reform

Canada’s sport system requires meaningful change that will depend less on identifying problems (which are already well-known) and more on whether governments enforce accountability.
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Friday essay: how hard is it to govern?

Labor’s big 2025 victory sparked high hopes for significant reform. But real change is not so easy – especially in our time of high grievance and permanent campaigning.
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Extraordinary and occasionally inept: before The Dismissal, the Whitlam government changed Australia forever

With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government had, and continues to have, a profound effect on Australian life.

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