An incomplete manifesto of sorts, the culmination of our 40th anniversary journal looks forward to the barriers that architects, urbanists and designers of all disciplines must confront in the years ahead. And it highlights those doing the good work.

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Tariff Tyranny…

Suddenly, the line dividing Canada and the United States has grown very thick indeed. Since January, Trump has turned cross-border policy into an unpredictable nightmare — taxing Canadian imports one minute, then putting levies on hold the next, all before reintroducing them with a vengeance. Along the way, the U.S. president has been explicit about his desire to absorb the country as America’s “51st state.” The chaos (amplified by Canada’s own countermeasures)...