Author: Richard Starr

Campaigning Liberals sowed seeds of health discord

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 9, 2017 | Health Care |

Health transfers crept back into the news this past week with a call by the majority of provinces...

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Partisanship, austerity behind health deal sellout?

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 8, 2017 | Health Care |

The health funding side deal got a rough ride elsewhere in the country over the holidays, but a...

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Taking the money and running is a costly retreat

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 24, 2016 | Health Care |

Although they gave up fighting very hard months ago, three of the four Atlantic Provinces signed...

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With First Ministers like these who needs climate change deniers?

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 14, 2016 | Environment/Energy |

Here’s a question. Who sleeps better at night? Those who deny climate change and therefore feel no...

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Slick new emissions deal leaves lots of questions

Posted by Richard Starr | Nov 29, 2016 | Environment/Energy |

In a post on Oct. 9 (Why McNeil’s Liberals should embrace carbon pricing but (likely) won’t) I...

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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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