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EDITOR’S NOTE • IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S

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YOU CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE: Changing Lives One Paw at a Time • The Difference campaign is raising funds for a new national Dog Guide training school. Here’s your chance to be a part of it.

THE INTERVIEW • Want a faster, stronger, richer Canada? Daniel Debow, Build Canada mastermind, has some ideas for how to get there.

A SPECIAL INTEREST SECTION BY MEDIAPLANET Supporting Canadian Caregivers

Have a Staycation Summer • One of the more economically powerful ways to buy Canadian is to spend this vacation season exploring our own backyard

Shop Local • The St. Lawrence Market North building is a fresh, futuristic new home for Toronto’s favourite weekend-stroll destination

A Heart-to-Heart With a Pioneer in Cardiac Surgery • Exploring the prolific work of Dr. Tirone David—a down-to-earth, solution-driven cardiac surgeon

It’s Time for Canada’s Brain Gain • Trump’s America is sabotaging its reputation as a beacon for researchers, scientists and academics. We should seize the moment.

GLOBAL MARKETS • The fourth annual CB Innovation Awards luncheon recognized Canadian leaders in environmentally responsible entrepreneurship

20 Reasons to Eat Canadian Right Now • The current froth of northern nationalism has Canadians staying put this summer—and planning trips to domestic dining destinations. Luckily, Canadian cuisine has never been more exciting. Where else can you find the world’s fanciest pastrami? A secret six-seat sushi counter hidden in another restaurant? An Inuit chef preparing crave-worthy grilled narwhal? We canvassed the country to find epic restaurant experiences, brilliant chefs and must-try dishes to make this summer the most delicious one ever. There’s never been a better time to put your money where your patriotism is.

01 The Married Couple Behind Edmonton’s Best New Restaurant • Bernadette’s, the dining room from Scott Iserhoff and Svitlana Kravchuk, is the hottest reservation in town, with a punk-rock soundtrack and a menu of reinvented Indigenous classics

02 The Can’t-Miss Tea Service • Sabayon, a tiny Montreal jewel box, pours royal-worthy afternoon tea

03 The Best View in Canada • Orso, a trattoria hidden in Prince Harry’s favourite Canadian hotel, pairs a locavore Italian menu with a sublime mountain panorama

04 The Country’s Fanciest Cafeteria • The deluxe dining hall Le Fou Fou brings together Montreal’s best chefs and, after dark, a rotating schedule of dance parties and DJ nights

05 The Best Mexican Restaurant Outside of Mexico • At Alma, chef Juan Lopez Luna pays tribute to his homeland—and works wonders with heirloom corn

06 The Caviar Knish at Beba

07 The Winery Destination • Pearl Morissette, perched on a patch of dreamy Ontario farmland, offers a restaurant, winery, bakery and bucolic getaway in one

08 The Chef Making Canada’s Most Opulent Thai Food • At Baan Lao, Nutcha Phanthoupheng cooks up Royal Thai cuisine in a charming B.C. fishing village

09 The Pastrami at Linny’s

10 The Haida Gwaii Chef Who Serves Food in Her Own Dining Room • Diners at Keenawai’s Kitchen book over the phone, months in advance, for chef Roberta Olsen’s vibrant seafood

11 The Chef Who Turns Trash Into Culinary Treasure • Nick Chindamo of An Island Collective hosts zero-waste micro-dinners, where chefs make brilliant use of peels, bones, offcuts and cooking scraps

12 The Gourmet Picnic • La Cabane d’à Côté’s French delicacies are meant to be enjoyed in an apple orchard

13 The Bar Serving Mad-Scientist Cocktails...