Category: Federal Politics

Taxing the rich may be the only way out of budget dilemma

Posted by Richard Starr | Jul 29, 2025 | Federal Politics |

During this summertime, when for many the living has not been easy, a lot of the stress has come...

Confronting Trump threat with Trumpism gains momentum

Posted by Richard Starr | Jun 24, 2025 | Federal Politics, Nova Scotia Politics |

I have made mention before of the alarming tendency of Tim Houston to respond to the Trump threat...

Projections about Conservative gains from NDP were right

Posted by Richard Starr | May 2, 2025 | Federal Politics |

When the history of this era is written the federal election campaign of the past five-plus weeks...

Overshadowed during election campaign, environment still on the ballot

Posted by Richard Starr | Apr 25, 2025 | Federal Politics |

It’s a sad irony that Earth Day 2025 fell in the final week of a federal election campaign during...

Our antiquated electoral system threatens to silence NDP and Green voices

Posted 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...

Down in the polls? Play the separatism card

Posted by Richard Starr | Apr 6, 2025 | Federal Politics |

It is unsettling to witness the lengths to which Danielle Smith and Preston Manning will to go...

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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.

Category: Federal Politics

Taxing the rich may be the only way out of budget dilemma

Confronting Trump threat with Trumpism gains momentum

Projections about Conservative gains from NDP were right

Overshadowed during election campaign, environment still on the ballot

Our antiquated electoral system threatens to silence NDP and Green voices

Down in the polls? Play the separatism card

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Taxing the rich may be the only way out of budget dilemma

Confronting Trump threat with Trumpism gains momentum

Projections about Conservative gains from NDP were right

Overshadowed during election campaign, environment still on the ballot

Our antiquated electoral system threatens to silence NDP and Green voices

Down in the polls? Play the separatism card

Richard Starr, The man behind the Point

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