Author: Richard Starr

On social policy promises Nova Scotia budget rings a familiar bell

Posted by Richard Starr | Mar 6, 2020 | Nova Scotia Politics |

Last week’s Nova Scotia budget, the eighth from the McNeil Liberals, was greeted by most as a...

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Child poverty dips but Nova Scotia income picture remains dismal

Posted by Richard Starr | Feb 25, 2020 | Economy, Poverty and Wealth, Updates |

Just in time for the self-congratulatory rhetoric of the provincial budget, Statistics Canada...

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Provincial broadband cash lets feds and telecoms duck responsibility

Posted by Richard Starr | Feb 14, 2020 | Nova Scotia Politics, Politics |

A couple of years ago, when thanks to a year-end windfall the McNeil government stashed $120...

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Frontier Mine should have been headed off before the impasse

Posted by Richard Starr | Feb 6, 2020 | Environment/Energy, Politics |

The Frontier oil sands mine has jumped to the political front burner lately. Whether the federal...

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Obsession with larger vehicles has gone into overdrive

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 22, 2020 | Environment/Energy |

Disconnect between concern about climate change and the vehicles people drive keeps growing. In...

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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.

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