Kenney’s “equalization rebate” grabs the spotlight
It was Alberta time again in Ottawa with the province’s demands for a re-jigging of the previously...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Dec 20, 2019 | Federal Politics |
It was Alberta time again in Ottawa with the province’s demands for a re-jigging of the previously...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Nov 7, 2019 | Environment/Energy, Federal Politics |
As discussed a couple of weeks ago, health care, identified in an Ipsos poll as the main issue,...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Oct 29, 2019 | Federal Politics, Politics |
Trying to sum up the federal election results and reactions in Alberta and Saskatchewan moves one...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Oct 28, 2019 | Federal Politics |
Last winter, in the midst of the SNC-Lavalin scandal, I confidently predicted during a session of...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Oct 9, 2019 | Federal Politics |
Monday night’s English-language leaders’ debate produced a fresh flurry of media fact checking, a...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Sep 27, 2019 | Federal Politics |
It would hardly be an election campaign without promises of tax cuts. And that’s more the case in...
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.