HRM joins population inflation game
Statistics Canada released population statistics for the first three months of the year last week....
by Richard Starr | Jun 27, 2025 | Nova Scotia Politics | 0
Statistics Canada released population statistics for the first three months of the year last week....
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by Richard Starr | Jul 4, 2024
Liberal Leader Zack Churchill climbed out on a limb the other day by raising concerns about...
by Richard Starr | Feb 3, 2024
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by Richard Starr | Jun 27, 2025
Statistics Canada released population statistics for the first three months of the year last week....
by Richard Starr | Jun 24, 2025
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In response to the “everything is worse” rhetoric of the Poilievre party I committed a while...
by Richard Starr | Apr 22, 2024
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Justin Trudeau’s imminent departure has led to an outpouring of commentary on his legacy, both pro...
by Richard Starr | Jan 18, 2024
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I had to laugh last week when politicians started nattering about a “grand bargain” involving oil...
by Richard Starr | Dec 18, 2023
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.