Category: Federal Politics

Trudeau’s capitulation on heating oil tax is cowardly and politically foolish

Posted by Richard Starr | Nov 5, 2023 | Federal Politics |

The pundits appear unanimous. The Trudeau government has managed to achieve a trifecta of...

Poilievre’s apple-eating act and the threat to the media

Posted by Richard Starr | Oct 28, 2023 | Federal Politics |

The Poilievre Conservatives have made attacks on the “mainstream media” a central element in their...

Atlantic Canadians may be falling for Poilievre’s puffery on carbon pricing

Posted by Richard Starr | Oct 16, 2023 | Environment/Energy, Federal Politics |

A correlation between events is not proof of cause and effect. And there’s a difference between...

Poilievre’s party sticks to message track but near silence on other issues is telling

Posted by Richard Starr | Sep 28, 2023 | Federal Politics |

After a summer during which they surged ahead in the polls, the resumption of parliament last week...

The facts vs. the PPC – is everything really worse? (part 1 of a series)

Posted by Richard Starr | Sep 12, 2023 | Federal Politics |

One of many unsettling things about Pierre Poilievre is that he doesn’t like nosy reporters. He...

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Category: Federal Politics

Trudeau’s capitulation on heating oil tax is cowardly and politically foolish

Poilievre’s apple-eating act and the threat to the media

Atlantic Canadians may be falling for Poilievre’s puffery on carbon pricing

Poilievre’s party sticks to message track but near silence on other issues is telling

The facts vs. the PPC – is everything really worse? (part 1 of a series)

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Is everything really worse? How about child care costs? (Part 2 of a series)

Trudeau’s capitulation on heating oil tax is cowardly and politically foolish

Poilievre’s apple-eating act and the threat to the media

Atlantic Canadians may be falling for Poilievre’s puffery on carbon pricing

Poilievre’s party sticks to message track but near silence on other issues is telling

The facts vs. the PPC – is everything really worse? (part 1 of a series)

Richard Starr, The man behind the Point

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