Author: Richard Starr

Slight jobs improvement in 2018 but “Atlantic Growth Strategy” still a misnomer

Posted by Richard Starr | Feb 6, 2019 | Economy, Updates |

Early last year, on the occasion of the PM’s visit for a town hall in Sackville, I posted about...

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Robinson’s back and a tougher NDP position on climate change should follow

Posted by Richard Starr | Feb 1, 2019 | Federal Politics |

Svend Robinson made a noisy return to electoral politics last week. The erstwhile long-time...

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Liberals provide a peek at east-of-Ontario election strategy

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 19, 2019 | Federal Politics, Politics |

The Trudeau Liberals provided a glimpse this week of their re-election strategy for provinces east...

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Federal employment in Atlantic Canada picking up but still down from peak years

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 21, 2018 | Updates |

Last December I reported that the Atlantic Region was still experiencing a drop in federal...

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The equalization history that Jason Kenney likes to forget

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 18, 2018 | Politics |

There was a predictable skirmish over the federal equalization program last week after Finance...

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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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