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.

Here is another good news/bad news column about the 112th Congress.

Canada's experience demonstrates that government-subsidized housing finance is not necessary to promote home ownership.

What about the Canadian banking system allowed it to survive the recent worldwide slowdown without a single bank failure? What can the United States learn from Canada about sound banking?

Canadians care deeply about the quality of the environment and the protection of nature.

The Canadian left now wants Governor General Michaelle Jean to extend her powers far beyond what would be deemed admissable by her predecessors.

It's the first rule of Canadian economics: when the U.S. catches cold, Canada gets pneumonia. What if the rule no longer applies?

Elections Canada is attempting to create a bright political distinction between activities that in fact are not distinct at all.