Our antiquated electoral system threatens to silence NDP and Green voices
Resistance fighter Charlie Angus has been out west recently, taking his elbows-up message into...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Apr 17, 2025 | All Posts, Federal Politics |
Resistance fighter Charlie Angus has been out west recently, taking his elbows-up message into...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Sep 6, 2024 | All Posts |
Pierre Poilievre was at it again this week. Even after Jagmeet Singh announced the end of the NDP deal with the Liberals, the Conservative leader was grabbing for headlines and donations by demanding the NDP help bring down the...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Apr 5, 2024 | All Posts, Federal Politics |
Starved for news on Easter Monday, the media did their best to torque-up the scattered protests...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Jun 12, 2023 | All Posts, Federal Politics |
Oh my, did I get that wrong! Several weeks ago I wrote optimistically that the “Chinese...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Oct 21, 2022 | All Posts, Nova Scotia Politics |
A week ago during question period in the Nova Scotia legislature the leader of the opposition...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Feb 7, 2022 | All Posts |
Before Omicron and protesters took over the news cycle, Nova Scotia’s new PC Premier was facing criticism for his about-face on defending in court the Province’s treatment of people with disabilities. After initially declaring...
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.