| The next Liberal leadership contest will be a real race, says party president Mike Crawley. BLOG POSTS  | Gerry Nicholls: 10 Terrible Pundit Predictions
Although the punditry failure in Alberta made headlines, it's not the first time "experts" have been completely and utterly wrong. For instance, I did a little historical research and discovered several examples of failed pundit predictions: "No Cabinet Minister will ever pay more than $14 for a glass of orange juice." |  | Irwin Cotler: Why I'm Pleading Clemency for the Last Canadian on Death Row
Alberta-born Ronald Allan Smith is the only Canadian on death row in the United States. With his death sentence under review, I recently sent letters to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer and the parole board --- requesting that clemency be granted in the case. My request should not be misconstrued as excusing the heinous crimes committed by Smith, for which he has now spent 27 years in prison. Rather, I petitioned the Governor because at issue in this case are fundamental -- and sacrosanct -- rights set out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. |  | Blake Bromley: Harper Cuts Down Rights like They're Trees
On a day when many were celebrating the 30th anniversary of the signing of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Stephen Harper's government announced legislation that will drastically reduce the number of regulatory agencies that exist to protect the environment in which individual Canadians enjoy their rights and freedoms. |  | Irene Mathyssen, MP: A Day at Vimy I'll Never Forget
In response to the sacrifice of these young Canadians, the French government gave 260 acres to Canada in perpetuity to create a memorial to those who fought and died and to build the spectacular monument on hill 145 of Vimy Ridge to pay tribute to those who risked or gave their lives at Vimy and the many Battles of the Somme. |  | Nora Loreto: Jean Charest: Robbing From the Young to Give to the Old
In real dollars, Quebec's Premier paid less for his university education than Québec students do today. Now, he wants his generation of baby boomers to pay less in taxes. The result is robbery of the young to pay for the old. It is hard to see how students are the entitled ones in this scenario. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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