Author: Richard Starr

NS Liberals enter health talks armed with a pea shooter

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 18, 2016 | Health Care, Politics |

It came as no surprise but it was nevertheless sad to see that the McNeil Liberals have run up the...

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Making the polls look good and the books look bad

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 7, 2016 | Nova Scotia Politics |

As the pundits weighed in with their year-end commentaries on Nova Scotia politics I kept hearing...

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Media coverage of transfers comforts the comfortable

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 23, 2015 | Federal Politics |

Ottawa’s participants were new but it was otherwise much the same old story early this week when...

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Middle Class Tax Cut – not exactly as advertised

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 12, 2015 | Federal Politics |

The Justin Trudeau government’s Robin Hood mask slipped a bit this week with the discovery that...

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Politics have driven up the cost of health administration

Posted by Richard Starr | Nov 23, 2015 | Health Care |

There was a minor dust-up in the legislature last week about the cost of merging Nova Scotia’s...

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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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