Is everything really worse? How about child care costs? (Part 2 of a series)
A while back, in challenging the oft-repeated Poilievre party refrain that everything in this...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Nov 23, 2023 | Federal Politics, Social Policy |
A while back, in challenging the oft-repeated Poilievre party refrain that everything in this...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Nov 5, 2023 | Federal Politics |
The pundits appear unanimous. The Trudeau government has managed to achieve a trifecta of...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Oct 28, 2023 | Federal Politics |
The Poilievre Conservatives have made attacks on the “mainstream media” a central element in their...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
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.