Canada’s poverty rate down in 2016 – and new “poverty line” will drop it even further
Almost unnoticed in summer newscasts dominated by NAFTA, pipelines and Trump, Trump and more...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Sep 17, 2018 | Economy, Poverty and Wealth |
Almost unnoticed in summer newscasts dominated by NAFTA, pipelines and Trump, Trump and more...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Aug 29, 2018 | Environment/Energy |
To mix metaphors, Conservatives meeting in Halifax last weekend managed to whistle past the...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Aug 22, 2018 | Nova Scotia Politics |
Nova Scotia’s offshore natural gas has been running low for a very long time, but the royalties...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Jul 23, 2018 | Health Care |
The annual conference of provincial and territorial leaders came and went last week at lovely St....
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Jun 30, 2018 | Federal Politics, Politics |
Just in time for Canada Day, reports that the federal equalization program has been extended for...
Read MoreRICHARD 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.