Is everything really worse? How about child care costs? (Part 2 of a series)
A while back, in challenging the oft-repeated Poilievre party refrain that everything in this...
by Richard Starr | Nov 23, 2023 | Federal Politics, Social Policy | 0
A while back, in challenging the oft-repeated Poilievre party refrain that everything in this...
by Richard Starr | Oct 28, 2023 | Federal Politics | 1
by Richard Starr | May 8, 2023
The Canadian Income Survey (CIS) for 2021 released last week by Statistics Canada was probably...
by Richard Starr | Dec 23, 2021
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by Richard Starr | Nov 23, 2023
A while back, in challenging the oft-repeated Poilievre party refrain that everything in this...
by Richard Starr | Oct 28, 2023
by Richard Starr | Nov 23, 2023
A while back, in challenging the oft-repeated Poilievre party refrain that everything in this...
by Richard Starr | Feb 27, 2018
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by Richard Starr | May 15, 2023
Last October I discussed how the Nova Scotia government’s management of COVID-19 information has...
by Richard Starr | Feb 15, 2023
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A correlation between events is not proof of cause and effect. And there’s a difference between...
For most of its history, Nova Scotia's leaders have tried to exploit the province's energy resources for jobs, revenue and political reward. For three centuries politicians and other prominent players have clashed over the ownership, control and development of energy resources--coal, electric power, offshore petroleum. This book traces the interplay between politics and energy and documents the ongoing failure of government to use energy resources in ways that would create a prosperous and sustainable provincial economy.
Enshrined in our constitution, Canadians expect equal treatment and benefits from their government. But when government services come from provinces and not Ottawa, differences can be enormous. Canada's provinces have unequal means to pay for those responsibilities, as the balance of wealth shifts over time. Richard Starr traces the history of equalization and shows how it has been undermined and attacked, and proposes how it can be reframed for the twenty-first century.
RICHARD STARR has had careers as a journalist, public servant, broadcaster, political staffer and freelance policy adviser. He is author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, a former radio and TV producer and weekly newspaper editor, and the author of three non-fiction books. Starr has lived in Dartmouth for more than 30 years.