Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe
Norman Spector

Duceppe and the Quebec 'resistance' movement

Bloc Leader defends himself after drawing parallel between sovereignty effort and French resistance against Nazis

Ussra Hussain and Nafeesa Salar in Montreal.
Multiculturalism

Quebec's view on niqab creates fault line

English-speaking Canada assails province's opposition to headwear; Quebeckers respond with cries of ‘marshmallow multiculturalism'

Globe Columnist Ian Brown
Ian Brown: Curiouser

We're Canadians, not Vulcans

You have to admit that some days, the evidence is undeniable that we are a nation of morons.

A Greenpeace billboard erected during last year's Copenhagen conference on global warming mockingly depicts Prime Minister Harper in 2020 saying: 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change ... We didn't.'
Focus

How the Conservatives dodged the climate bullet

Is dropping any real pretense to concern about the environment the wisest political move for a minority government?

Critics slam Ontario Liberals’
green-energy levy

Government insists cost will amount to $4 per year, but opposition says consumers have it bad enough with HST

Suspect in Toronto deathbed thefts taken to hospital

Marcos Marinoni, accused of stealing a dying woman's jewelry, was himself taken to hospital with minor injuries

UN cuts Kandahar staff over security conerns

Increased violence prompts UN to step out of the way

Spinal-cord research gets $38.5M boost in funding

Federal government, province of B.C. announce program on 25th anniversary of Rick Hansen's Man-in-Motion tour

Owner of Montreal shop where hit-style slayings took place appears in court

Boutique proprietor accused of breaching bail and possessing a ‘cylindrical object’ – possibly a gun silencer

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Christie Blatchford
Jane Jacobs's great ideas have morphed into pettiness

City dwellers seem unable to make a distinction between narrow-minded nosiness and civic engagement

Christie Blatchford
Adam Radwanski
McGuinty only winning half the war on drugs

Sure, the Liberals have saved Ontario taxpayers millions; but, as a result, most Ontarians under the age of 65 pay more for drugs

The McGuinty Liberals' drug rebates save taxpayers money, but those who aren't covered by the province's prescription-drug plan pay more.
Margaret Wente
Complexity will destroy us all

Not long ago, I was smart enough to operate an oven without a PhD. No more

Margaret Wente
Marcus Gee
Ryerson president could school this crop of mayoral candidates

Sheldon Levy has guided the transformation of the former technical college and the down-at-heels neighbourhood around it

Jeffrey Simpson
Why it's easier to avoid a shock to health care

B.C., like other provinces, is desperately raiding every piggy bank to pour revenue into health care

Jeffrey Simpson
Lawrence Martin
It's a tough climate for Elizabeth May and the Greens

She owns the environment issue, but that suits her poorly

Lawrence Martin
Rick Salutin
There's a whole lotta ventin' goin' on

In 1992, our elites concocted the Charlottetown ‘accord.' Then they made the mistake of letting the population vote on it

Rick Salutin

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