Middle Class Tax Cut – not exactly as advertised
The Justin Trudeau government’s Robin Hood mask slipped a bit this week with the discovery that...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Oct 21, 2015 | Federal Politics |
I had a flashback while scrutineering the vote count Monday night in the basement of the South End...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Oct 4, 2015 | Federal Politics, Health Care |
The much-anticipated (by some) debate on health transfers put in a cameo in the federal election...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Sep 22, 2015 | Federal Politics, Health Care |
There is a major irony at play so far in the federal election campaign. The media keep reporting...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Sep 16, 2015 | Federal Politics |
After being knocked off course by (as a Prime Minister of the UK once famously put it “events,...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Aug 31, 2015 | Federal Politics |
The federal election campaign took a turn for the worse last week. The focus shifted from the...
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.