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Preventing abuses

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:55 EDT

There are signs the Ruby Dhalla affair may yet elicit a constructive response from the federal government

Success, in contempt

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:54 EDT

Family courts are not supposed to reward abusive parents, and punish parents who play by the rules

Victory is a chance for accommodation

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:52 EDT

The government of Sri Lanka must now act to conciliate the Tamils

What India's voters didn't do

Barbara Crossette — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

The Hindu nationalist rallying call, politics based on caste and the insular left fail to receive much support, says Barbara Crossette

When it comes to the Canadian economy, Obama may as well be PM

John Ibbitson — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

The U.S. fuel-economy standard will rise. Canada is going there too, whether we want to or not

Beijing must be patient in dealing with Taiwan

Frank Ching — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

The Taiwanese are suspicious after six decades of threats, blackmail, military pressure and diplomatic isolation, says Frank Ching

North American roads will never be the same thanks to fuel-efficient fleets

Jeffrey Simpson — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

President Obama swept away years of lawsuits, political fights and jurisdictional rows by imposing new emission standards

Thickening carbon border

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00 EDT

With the present U.S. administration and Congress, Canada now has a pragmatic, short-term incentive to deal with the long-term challenge of climate change

Parole as a human right

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00 EDT

The United States is out of line with civilized norms when it deprives teenagers, even those who kill, of the possibility of a second chance

Time to right some wrongs

Tom Flanagan — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00 EDT

The very existence of human-rights commissions is, in itself, an abuse, says Tom Flanagan