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HOW TO STAY YOUNG 1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you...

All of us who oppose Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament want to spark spark a debate on new conventions governing the pow...

Two conflicting polls released in the past couple of days suggest widely different outcomes if an election were held today. An Harris-Decima...

John Gedded has an excellent piece in Macleans on the Danny Williams health care controversy. He concludes: "Canada should be looking f...

Lorrie Golstein asks why are lib-left commentators giving Danny Williams an easy pass after he went to US for cardiac surgery. The columnist...

The Harper government and provinces signed a multi-pronged government procurement agreement with the United States on February 16 that will ...

Writing in the Toronto Star, James Travers discusses what is likely to happen when Parliament commences its new session. He foresees a conte...

Are you a "cat" or a "dog" person? As a rule, dogs are more social and eager to please, while cats are more introverted ...

During the past two elections the Conservatives have been able to form a minority government with the support of only about a third of Canad...

After weeks of being criticized for proroguing the Commons, Harper is trying to win back pissed-off Canadians by adding extra House sittings...

A new Harris-Decima poll puts Liberals and Tories in dead heat, with opposition making inroads in key battlegrounds. Overall the two parties...

Sometimes you see the most ridiculous things that stretch credulity to the breaking point. An example is a piece in the Toronto Sun by forme...

James Travers continues to demonstrate that he is one of the most astute political observers writing for Canadian media. In his latest colum...

There is growing speculation that Harper has squandered his opportunity for a majority. The latest series of polls suggest a possibility tha...

According to a new Ipsos-Reid poll, the Conservatives hold only a slim lead over the Liberals. This confirms earlier polls this past week, ...

James Travers has an excellent article in the Toronto Star entitled "You have the power to rein in this PM" which sends a pwerful...

Stephen Harper stands alone among Westminster-style peers when it comes to using prorogation to shut down Parliament for pure political gain...

Even Conservative apologist CTV's Craig Oliver has read the tea leaves and joined the condemnation of Harper's prorogation decision....

The detailed breakdown of the latest Ekos poll shows the Conservatives are on the "razor's edge" of losing government if an el...

A new EKOS poll for CBC news essentially confirms the earlier Strategic Counsel poll. The lead enjoyed by the Conservatives over the Libera...

Stephen Harper is paying a price for his decision to thumb his nose at democracy by prorogating Parliament. A new poll by the Strategic Coun...

Diane Francis, writing in today's Financial Post, poses the question: Just what is Harper trying to pull? She observes: "The decisi...

Has Harper finally lost his marbles? He defends prorogation by arguing that Parliament in session creates instability. Does he understand th...

It took a long while but finally the Liberals have some effective ads now that they've chosen to ride the grassroots revolt. Scott Liber...

The grassroots' revolt against Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament continues. An Angus Reid poll found that 53 per cent of Cana...

Bruce Anderson has a good piece in the Globe and Mail where he suggests that the way to get prorogation to stick to Harper is to emphasize t...

Stephen Maher in today's Halifax Chronicle Herald points out that if Canadians come to think that Mr. Harper is abusing their democratic...

The reaction to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit by detonating explosives sewn into his underw...