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Gerald Caplan Published on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 11:43AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Dec.

Gerald Caplan 'None of the above' wins again Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff speaks with members of the media on Parliament Hill on Dec.

Gerald Caplan Stephen Harper and the Jewish question Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes part in a menorah lighting ceremony on Parliament Hill on December 19, 2006.

In the Dec 7th edition of the New York Times Ian Austen did a nice summary on a topic of long-standing controversy: Canada's gun registry.

For this Liberally Speaking, rather than one topic, I thought I would address a number of random and unconnected thoughts: I'm really surprised that the prisoner abuse scandal going on now hasn't really gained greater traction among Canadians.

The Canadian Parliament may vote to eliminate a gun-control measure enacted after a 1989 shooting spree that left 15 dead, officials said.

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Ontario is extending its funding of a potentially life-saving drug for cancer patients, just two months after the province's ombudsman accused the government of verging on cruelty by cutting off funding after 16 treatments.

Gerald Caplan Our Rwandan betrayal CBC Handout Ottawa has acknowledged the Armenian genocide and apologized to native Canadians.

Gerald Caplan Layton betrays the faithful New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton speaks during an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Monday, November 2, 2009.

Gerald Caplan The fine art of punditry William Goldman Conservatives everywhere claim that the media in their country has an overwhelming liberal bias, to which I say: If only it were true.

Ontario's deputy health minister, Ron Sapsford, a key figure in the eHealth fiasco and one of the most highly paid and powerful civil servants in the province, resigned suddenly on Friday.

The story of a Cape Breton man now recognized as the first Canadian to photograph the high Arctic is the focus of the latest book from Breton Books.

Gerald Caplan Both sides are wrong in TV feud Shoppers watch as Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the country on TV screens at an electronics store in Vancouver on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.

Scandals are brewing in Ontario and British Columbia over the management, spending and results of costly efforts to implement electronic health record systems, and there are hints of controversy still to come on a similar theme at the federal level.

Gerald Caplan Published on Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 1:28PM EDT Last updated on Friday, Oct.

Gordon Brown: "People must abide by the decisions that are made" Fourteen senior Conservative MPs have been asked to repay some of their parliamentary expenses.

The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada appeared Tuesday to open the door to an earlier start of the country's H1N1 vaccination program, an effort currently slated to start weeks after those of several other countries.

The leader of the official opposition is calling for an independent public inquiry into Ontario's eHealth scandal after a recent report found a billion dollars in taxpayer funds were questionably spent on the provincial initiative with little result.

Wow, are we lucky to live in Stratford, Canada for that matter. Last week while home for lunch I heard an interview on the radio with a woman from Somalia.