Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, in July 2009. Chris Wattie/Reuters
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Contraception and mothers' lives

Ignoring the fundamental problem of unplanned pregnancies leaves a curious and gaping hole in a worthy new program, even before Canada officially launches it at the G8 summit

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March 18: Letters to the editor

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The Fifth Column

'Price the insurance as appropriate, and granny will come to this conclusion on her own.'

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Prorogue it!

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Timothy Garton Ash

A messiah is not enough

Obama's outstretched hand of friendship has been bitten or brushed aside. But it's not all his fault

Margaret Wente

Why are bloggers male?

Guys get pumped by going higher, faster, farther than anyone else. That's why they spit out instant opinions

Lawrence Martin

It's a tough climate for Elizabeth May and the Greens

She owns the environment issue, but that suits her poorly

Guy Nicholson

Everything you need to know about the return of the Tiger

From Thomas Jefferson to John Daly – a Tiger Woods Q&A

Roy MacSkimming

Canada would be renting, not owning, its literary house

Abandoning our book industry to multinationals like Amazon would result in Wal-Martization

Frank Ching

Yes, Chinese have rights – in theory

Despite a large number of political cases, Beijing denies there are political prisoners

Preston Manning

The blueing and greening of the political centre

After all, why did the Canadian cross the road? To get to the middle.

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Sectarianism's last frontier?

This election was intended to set Iraq on a new course, but that will take reconciliation and compromise

Iraqis count votes at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad on March 12, 2010, following Iraq's second general elections since the US-led invasion of 2003. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest to hold on to his job, as election results from Iraq's polls trickled in and opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud

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Can Iraq's sects live together in peace?

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