Canada held an election last Monday and the result was anything but boring. The headline story is that the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has headed minority governments since 2006, won an absolute majority of seats, 167 of 308, in the House of Commons. The Conservatives' triumph offers a couple of lessons that may be relevant to U.S. Republicans.

There may be abasis for a working agreement in Canadabetween Conservatives and the Bloc.

We needa grand independent investigation of liberal corruption in the province of Quebec, followed by criminal trials if appropriate.

According to last week's Liberal campaign ads, Stephen Harper wants to raise taxes to send your kids to Iraq.

Don't be deceived by the Liberals' menaces. You want to save Canada? Vote against those who have disgraced Canada.

Is Medicare in Canada still legal? It is one of the many curiosities of the Supreme Court's recent decision on private health insurance that Canadians do not truly know the answer to that question.

Dearly as I cherish health care freedom, the right to rule oneself is a right I cherish even more.

There is only one cure for one-party rule, which inevitably leads to economic stagnation and political corruption: replacement of the ruling party by another.