Maclean's Magazine - April 2025

In this issue

How to Fix the Housing Crisis: Canada is facing a massive shortage of homes for its booming population. Here are 25 bright ideas to turn scarcity into abundance.
THE INTERVIEW: Jennie Carignan, head of Canada’s military, is preparing for new threats (guess which ones).
THE PROSPECT: Anna Lambe, star of CBC’s North of North, is spotlighting Arctic life.

The world feels like a ticking time bomb. Jennie Carignan, Canada's top general, has helped defuse a few of those.

FOR MONTHS NOW, Canadians have had their eyes locked on the border, anxiously anticipating what fresh, destabilizing hell America’s mercurial president will visit upon us next.

5 mins

Make Homes Float

In a world where floods are becoming alarmingly frequent, buoyant fo undations can keep buildings safely above water.

5 mins

A Lament for Canadian Nationalism

To confront Trump’s threats, Canada needs to once again find acommon purpose

5 mins

Starstruck

Millions of Canadians are turning to the zodiac to understand the world and their place in it. How astrology became the new therapy.

10+ mins

Far From Home

When I set out to photograph college students in my hometown of Sarnia, I found a small city transformed by thousands of international arrivals—and a community facing an uncertain future

10+ mins

25 Bold, Entirely Doable Ways To Make Canada Affordable Again

It's an election year and, for once, all our federal party leaders agree on something: Canada is in the throes of a debilitating housing crisis that's wreaking political, economic and societal havoc.

6 mins

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Maclean's Magazine Description:

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