Russell: Is our health care in crisis?
Is our health care in crisis in Ontario? According to some major hitters, it is. 12:34pm

Star Ed: Caterpillar’s shutdown of London locomotive plant must be a lesson
Caterpillar Inc.’s shutdown of the locomotive plant in London, Ont., must be a lesson, not a precedent.

Cohn: Caterpillar closure underscores need to safeguard intellectual property
Ask yourself this: Why did Caterpillar buy a plant only to destroy it? The labour dispute at a London locomotive factory was nasty, brutish and short — a depressingly Hobbesian scenario in which brute strength prevailed over civilized rules of conduct.

Record Ed: Another view: A new blow to Ontario’s economy
This editorial appeared first in the Hamilton Spectator: It is sad news that U.S. Steel will make no steel in Hamilton in the foreseeable future.

TorSun Agar: It’s a deficit of common sense
Governments are bleeding money. Getting back to fiscal balance is difficult.

Tor Sun Ed: Set China straight on Syria blunder
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper begins his diplomatic talks in China today over its veto with Russia of the Arab plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power, he has a carrot few other countries can dangle.

G&M Mackinnon: Why foreigners in China hate Canada’s new goodwill ambassador
The Canadian government has hired Mark Rowswell – far better known here in China as “Da Shan” – as a “goodwill ambassador to China.” Apparently we’re leaving him here in exchange for the pandas.

G&M Martin: The myth of Tory economic performance
The extent to which the Conservatives’ propaganda machine will go was illustrated last week by the news, courtesy of The Canadian Press, of the staging of a Potemkin-village-style citizenship reaffirmation ceremony.

The Mark Doob: Crime Bill: What the Senate Can Salvage
There are many reasons to be wary of Bill C-10, the Harper government’s omnibus crime bill. For one thing, it will cost us millions – or billions – of dollars to accommodate the additional prisoners that its provisions will result in.

Jumping the shark, faking the Oath
Update Nat Post: 'Let's do it. We can fake the Oath." That is the universally accepted money quote, courtesy of a Sun News producer, to come out of the ongoing fracas involving the fledgling cable news network, the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration and a citizenship ceremony that wasn't quite what it seemed. 11:30am

StarEd: NDP’s Paul Dewar at Star editorial board: ‘Taxes are a means to an end’
NDP leadership candidate Paul Dewar says he has the experience to lead the party in its efforts to ‘build a more caring Canada.’

Tor Sun Studin: Why the Quebec question still matters
The rise of the “Scottish question” is an exercise in reverse colonialism: The Brits are now turning to Canada for sober lessons in how to manage nationalist movements and secure the state in the face of secessionist referendums.

Star Martin: Bloc Québécois and PQ showing new signs of life
Has everything really changed in Quebec since last spring?

Mercury Op: Not so fast
This editorial first appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald: How’s my driving? Perhaps someone should stick such a bumper sticker on Peter Van Loan’s back, along with a 1-800 number you can call for feedback.

Star Ed: New CRTC chair must make sense of changing media world
The coming appointment of the permanent chair of the CRTC to replace the retiring Konrad von Finckenstein and acting chair Leonard Katz provides Canada with a rare opportunity to determine the criteria for the ideal head of this crucially important body.

Star Pitt: Richard Pierpoint: A very Canadian hero
We do not know his real name. We have no idea what he looked like. He never married. He left behind no descendants. He was most likely illiterate.

G&M Ed: Courtroom cameras would make the justice system more effective
Cameras would remove the illusion of anonymity afforded by the mob

G&M Ed: Canada’s anti-spam law goes too far
The government’s draconian scheme makes it difficult to do business in the 21st century

Star Hébert: Radio-Canada’s days as talent incubator may be over
It would be nice to think that the VIPs and MPs attending a private screening of Monsieur Lazhar in Ottawa all knew the back-story to the triumph they were celebrating. Given the country’s enduring cultural silos, that’s highly unlikely.

G&M Wente: Is it okay to abort girls?
Last month, Rajendra Kale, an Indian-born doctor serving as interim editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, kicked up a fuss when he published an editorial arguing that too many girls are being aborted in Canada,

The Mark Junah: Overlooking a Cure for Cancer
In January, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization released a report recommending that Health Canada begin vaccinating boys against human papillomavirus (HPV).

Win Star Ed: Federal wages
G ood salaries. for NDP MP Tyrone Benskin for exposing a fair bit of hypocrisy within the Conservative caucus when it comes to disclosing publicly paid wages and

G&M Gee: Metrolinx on the sidelines of city hall’s transit civil war
The mayor has one idea about transit, the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission another. City councillors are feuding among themselves. The TTC commissioners are split on the question. A bewildered public wonders who on earth is running this show.

Star James: Get all the experts — our transit future's on the line
Mayor Rob Ford contemptuously derailed the city’s transit plan without any consultation with councillors.

Tor Sun Warmington: Turncoat Stintz isn't listening to Scarborough's voters
It took hours but I finally found somebody in Scarborough who agrees with double-dealing Councillor Karen Stintz.

Star Ed: Mayor Rob Ford’s bullying could sink his subway plans.
It turns out that a majority of Toronto city councillors can only be bullied by Mayor Rob Ford for so long before they push back.

Tor Sun Levy: TTC wasting taxpayers' money, whistleblower says
Cecilia Leung began as a contractor with the TTC’s IT department in August of 2005 – assigned to a one-year project to convert 30-year-old software for the transit authority’s accounts payable, procurement and other systems.

AG office remains broken
In most governments the auditor-general's office is a place of stability and calm. The AG is supposed to be a bit of a referee, uncovering problems, fingering rule breakers, pointing out waste, settling disputes.

St. Cath Standard Bergsma: Saving West Park pool would cost millions: city
What’s wrong and what it will cost — Fire safety, fixtures, floors and ceilings: $350,000 — Roof and walls: $570,000 — Heating and ventilation: $660,000 — Electrical: $340,000