2017 Budget— going backwards on social initiatives
The 2016 Liberal budget was quite a different beast from the 2017 budget on which the Liberals are...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | May 7, 2017 | Social Policy |
The 2016 Liberal budget was quite a different beast from the 2017 budget on which the Liberals are...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | May 2, 2017 | Economy, Nova Scotia Economics |
It seems that many in the media barely glanced at last week’s Nova Scotia budget. The rationale...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Apr 24, 2017 | Economy, Nova Scotia Economics |
The recent federal budget doesn’t appear to be getting rave reviews from Canadians. This past week...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Apr 2, 2017 | Health Care |
During the 2013 provincial election campaign the Liberals made three big health care promises....
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Mar 14, 2017 | Health Care |
According to reports, wide grins and high fives were the order of the day in the House of Commons...
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.