The Mark publishes a cross-partisan look at 14 ways to save Canada.

I’ll give a thumbs up to David Suzuki’s plea for a comprehensive strategy to tackle climate change (hell, even a half-ass strategy would look good by comparison to what we’ve seen over the past decade) and Michael Geist’s plea for a comprehensive strategy to tackle the digital era.

And I can’t argue against the need to ban heckling, boost watchdog powers, hold more free votes, or to make committees mater.

Nicholas Gafuik wants Canadians to be nicer to each other so that government won’t have to spend as much on social programs. That’s all swell and good, but I’m not sure how he exactly expects to bring this about, and unless we can find some way to alter thousands of years of human behaviour, I think it’s still up to government to help those in need.

Oh, and Robert Huish thinks we should stop paying attention to hockey. I’m not sure this week is necessarily the most opportune moment for Robert to be advancing this idea…